A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Honduran law and jurisprudence.

Under Normative Resolution No. 001/12, internet access operators are required to maintain a register and control of IP addresses assigned or leased to subscribers or users. Businesses and establishments such as café nets or cybercafés, hotels, event halls and similar venues that use public IP addresses from which private IP addresses are derived must also keep a permanent register of final users. This register must include the user’s full name, identity card number, passport, student card or other valid identification document, telephone number, domicile, start and end time of use, and the computer number where the device belongs to the access provider. In addition, telephone service operators must collect certain data, including the SIM card buyer’s name and identity card number in the case of Honduran nationals, or passport or residence card number in the case of foreign nationals.
Arts. 1 and 3 of Decree No. 19-2014 on the National Mobile Telephone Database operationalise this requirement by establishing that operators and suboperators using SIM cards must register the sale and/or activation of prepaid and postpaid SIM cards in the National Mobile Telephone Database. The registration must include user identification data, the assigned telephone number, and information concerning the associated SIM card or device. Under Art. 8, operators and suboperators must also validate user and subscriber information before selling or activating a new SIM card.

According to Art. 21 of Normative Resolution 004/22 (NR004/22), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are required to implement a security system to prevent, monitor, and detect illegal activities carried out by users. If such activities are detected, service operators must notify the competent authority in writing and offer full cooperation during the investigative process.

Under Arts. 2 and 11–13 of the Regulation approved by Central Bank Agreement No. 01/2025, together with the Operational Guidelines issued through Management Circular GER-8/2025, private-sector residents seeking US dollars through Honduras’s official foreign-exchange market must submit their requests through authorised exchange agents participating in auctions conducted by the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH). Legal persons may submit up to three bids per day, subject to a combined daily limit of USD 1.2 million. Requests of at least USD 10,000 may participate directly in the auction through an exchange agent, while smaller requests are processed by those agents outside the auction mechanism. Applicants must provide identification and, where required, supporting documents for the foreign-currency request.
The BCH determines the amount offered and allocated through each auction, so applicants are not guaranteed to receive the full amount requested. The mechanism, therefore, delays payments to foreign suppliers and imports, including ICT equipment and other goods relevant to digital trade. Agreement No. 01/2025 repealed the 2023 regulations but retained the centralised auction system, participation through authorised exchange agents, and the principal daily limits, while simplifying some documentary requirements.
During 2023 and 2024, the BCH reportedly met only part of the accepted demand, requiring businesses to submit bids repeatedly over several days. Business representatives reported waits of 15–20 days to obtain sufficient foreign currency, delaying payments to overseas suppliers and the importation of goods. A 2024 survey by the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP) found that 98.04% of 358 surveyed businesses had experienced difficulties obtaining US dollars for commercial operations.

Honduras is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

Under Art. 26 of the Framework Law on the Telecommunications Sector, foreign investment is permitted in public telecommunications services, but direct participation by foreign State-owned enterprises is not allowed. In addition, HONDUTEL remains a 100% State-owned enterprise and the only provider of international long-distance fixed telephony services, although sub-operators have been allowed to offer those services since 2010.

In accordance with Art. 137 of the Constitution of Honduras and Art. 11 of the Labour Code, foreign companies are prohibited from employing less than 90% Honduran workers and from paying them less than 85% of the total wages earned in their respective companies. However, the Secretary of Labour and Social Security may allow a higher proportion of foreigners to be employed for a period of five years, after which, as far as possible, they must be replaced by Honduran employees.

According to Art. 144 of the Industrial Property Law, all persons must file their applications through a legal representative. Where the applicant or holder of an industrial property right is domiciled or has its headquarters outside Honduras, they must be represented by an agent domiciled in the country.
Moreover, as established under Art. 45 of the Industrial Property Law, a patent application must include the name and address of a representative or agent in Honduras if the applicant has no domicile or establishment in the country.

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

Honduras has a clear regime of copyright exceptions that follows the fair dealing model, which enables the lawful use of copyrighted work by others without obtaining permission. Arts. 46-57 of the Copyright and Related Rights Law lists the exceptions for the lawful use of the copyrighted work by others without obtaining permission.

Copyright is not adequately enforced online in Honduras. It is reported that, while the legislative framework for the protection of intellectual property rights, including the Honduran copyright law and its industrial property law, is generally adequate, the rules are often not effectively implemented. In particular, there are concerns about online and software piracy, as well as cable signal piracy.

Honduras has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Honduras has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.