Slovakia has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Part 2 of the Terms and Conditions of Domain Name Service in ".sk" top level domain states that a ".sk" top level domain may be applied for only by a physical or legal person that has a postal address (address to receive physical paper forms of communication) in any of the European Union member states, or a state within the European Economic Area, or a member state of the European Free Trade Association.

It is reported that Slovakia imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card, or a passport in case of foreigners, to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
The Law No. 22/2004 on Electronic Commerce implements e-Commerce Directive into Slovak law incorporating mere conduit, caching and hosting safe harbors, and prohibition of general monitoring obligation (§ 6).

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
The Law No. 22/2004 on Electronic Commerce implements e-Commerce Directive into Slovak law incorporating mere conduit, caching and hosting safe harbors, and prohibition of general monitoring obligation (§ 6).

It is reported that the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RÚ), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

It is reported that the government of Slovakia owns 49% shares of Slovak Telekom, the largest telecommunications provider in the country, offering a wide range of telecommunication services to both residential and business customers.

Both accounting and functional separation of significant market power (SMP)/ dominant network operators is mandated. The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RÚ) may impose on the SMP undertaking providing access or interconnection the obligation of accounting separation for each specific activity in relation to access or interconnection, and require vertically integrated undertaking to make its wholesale and internal prices transparent to ensure also the requirement for non-discrimination under Section 20 of the Act No. 351/2011 on Electronic Communications or to prevent preference or discrimination of some services by cross-subsidizing costs and revenues from other services and mutually between the services. The RÚ may specify the structure of accounting records and methodology of separate records in the accounting system. The RÚ has imposed the obligation of the accounting separation on the SMP undertaking on the market 3a and 3b. Where the specific obligations set by Sections 19-23 of the Act No. 351/2011 imposed on the SMP undertaking have failed to achieve effective competition and there are important and persisting competition problems or market failures in relation to the wholesale provision of certain access products, the RU may, as an exceptional measure, impose an obligation on vertically integrated undertakings to establish an independently operating business entity which has a position of a controlled person. The undertaking shall be obliged to transfer all activities related to the wholesale provision of respective relevant product on such a person.

It is reported that passive sharing is not mandated, but it is practiced in the mobile sector and in the fixed sector based on commercial agreements.
Yet, Directive 2014/61/EU (Art. 3.2) establishes that Member States shall ensure that, upon written request of an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, any network operator must meet all reasonable requests for access to its physical infrastructure under fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including price, to deploy elements of high-speed electronic communications networks. Such written request shall specify the elements of the project for which the access is requested, including a specific time frame.

The Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) is key in harmonising national laws concerning trade secrets. Slovakia fully implemented the Directive with Act No 264/2017 amending the existing Commercial Code.

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

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

There is no general principle for the use of copyright protected material comparable to the fair use/fair dealing principles. Directive 2001/29/EC defines an optional, but exhaustive set of limitations from the author´s exclusive rights under the control of the “three-step test” in line with the Berne Convention that establishes three cumulative conditions to the limitations and exceptions of a copyright holder’s rights. The Directive has been transposed by Member States with significant freedom. The Copyright Act provides for a wide list of exceptions.

It is reported that Slovakia continues to suffer from a high level of software and movies piracy. However, the rate of unlicensed software installation in the country was reportedly 35% in 2017 (below the 57% rate of Central and Eastern European countries), for an estimated commercial value of USD 51 million.

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