The List of Executive Authorities Responsible for Implementing Export Controls, approved by Decision No. 230, specifies that computing technology is subject to export and re‑export licensing requirements. The term "computing technology" is not defined in the Decision's text. The issuance of special permits involves the Ministry of Energy for installations, equipment, and their components, and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport for software and associated technologies.

Azerbaijan is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

The Law on Personal Data establishes a comprehensive framework for data protection in Azerbaijan. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies serves as the regulatory authority under the Law, empowered to conduct investigations and implement measures, although reports suggest that its enforcement activity has been limited. The Law is further supplemented by several decrees, including the "Requirements for the Protection of Personal Data" and the "Regulations on the Transmission of Personal Data Collected and Processed at Corporate Information Systems to Third Parties on a Fee Basis".

Azerbaijan’s copyright framework is established under Law No. 115‑IQ; however, the statutory exceptions it provides do not conform to the fair use or fair dealing models, thereby limiting the lawful use of copyrighted works by third parties. The relevant exceptions are dispersed across various provisions of the Law, including Art. 18, which concerns the reprographic reproduction of works by libraries, archives, and educational institutions; Art. 19, which regulates the use of works for informational, scientific, educational, and other related purposes; Art. 20, which provides for the use of works permanently located in public spaces; Art. 23, which pertains to ephemeral, short‑term recordings made by broadcasting organisations; and Art. 24, which addresses the reproduction of computer software and databases, as well as the decompilation of computer programs.

It is reported that copyright enforcement remains a significant issue in Azerbaijan, particularly in the digital environment. Although Azerbaijani law provides copyright protection, unlicensed software use remains widespread in both the private and public sectors. In 2022, the Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan reported a software piracy rate of 71%.

Azerbaijan has adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Azerbaijan has adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Law No. 224‑IIG provides a framework for effective protection of trade secrets.

There is no obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Azerbaijan to deliver telecom services to end users. However, it is reported that infrastructure sharing is practised in the mobile sector and in the fixed sector based on commercial agreements.

It is reported that the government retains control over several major state‑owned enterprises in the telecommunications sector, including Aztelekom, AzInTelecom, and Azercosmos. These enterprises are currently overseen through the Azerbaijan Transport and Communications Holding (AZCON), which was established by the government for this purpose.

Azerbaijan does not mandate functional or accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

Under the Law on Telecommunications, Art. 6 assigns telecommunications regulation, including licensing, to the State, while Art. 8 requires licensing to be carried out in accordance with Azerbaijani law. Pursuant to Art. 39, operators and service providers must, in accordance with statutory requirements, create the conditions necessary to facilitate operational search, intelligence, and counterintelligence activities. This includes installing supplementary technical equipment within telecommunications networks and maintaining confidentiality regarding the methods used for such measures, as determined by the competent executive authority.
The licensing framework also requires applications for telecommunications service licences to include the technical conditions applicable to specialised equipment used to obtain information from telecommunications and other communications networks. These technical conditions must be approved by the Ministry of National Security for national security purposes. Applicants must also provide a warranty confirming the supply of specialised equipment enabling, from a national security standpoint, the acquisition of information across all types of communications systems designed, installed, or operated within the public telecommunications network. This requirement does not apply to networks owned by institutions or enterprises that are not connected to the public telecommunications network. The relevant services include, inter alia, IP telephony, data transmission, fixed-line telephony, radiotrunk and wireless telephony, national and international telecommunications channels, and cellular mobile services, including by technological standard.

Azerbaijan has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments. In fact, the country is an observer and not a full member of the WTO.

Azerbaijan maintains a telecommunications regulatory body known as the Information Communication Technologies Agency (ICTA), which is responsible for certification, registration, regulation and oversight, including quality control, within the domains of information and communication technologies and communications (telecommunications and postal services). However, the decision-making processes of this entity are not independent of governmental influence. Pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of the Presidential Decree of the Republic of Azerbaijan entitled “On Certain Measures to Improve Governance in the Field of Digitalisation, Innovation, High Technologies and Communications in the Republic of Azerbaijan”, dated 11 October 2021, ICTA was established as a public legal entity under the authority of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.

According to Section 4.10.2.5 of Decision No. 14/2 of 28 March 2024, approving the "Requirements for Ensuring Information Security in Entities Whose Activities Are Controlled in Financial Markets", where cloud services are used, sensitive information owned by a supervised entity must be stored solely within the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Section 2.1.9 defines “sensitive information” as information that must be protected against unauthorised processing, including access, modification, or disclosure, due to its potential adverse impact on individuals, legal entities, or national security. This includes, inter alia, sensitive payment information, personal data, state secrets, commercial secrets, banking secrets, insurance secrets, and other confidential information.
This requirement applies to a broad range of supervised entities, including banks, non-bank credit institutions, insurers, securities market licensees, investment funds and managers, the national postal operator, payment institutions, electronic money institutions, payment system operators, credit bureaus, and the central depository, among others (Sections 1.1–1.3).