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

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

According to Art. 30 of Ordinance No. 00000015/PR/2018 February 2018 regulating cybersecurity and the fight against cybercrime in the Gabonese Republic, the service provider or the person providing or importing a cryptology service has to make it available to the competent cryptology authority a description of the technical characteristics of this means of cryptology, as well as the source code of the software used. Also, following Art. 34, when it appears that the data entered or obtained during the investigation have been the subject of transformation operations preventing unencrypted access or are likely to compromise the information that they contain, the Public Prosecutor, the Examining Magistrate or the trial court may demand any qualified natural or legal person, with a view to carrying out the technical operations making it possible to obtain the unencrypted version of said data.

Gabon does not have comprehensive trade secret legislation. Yet, there are provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Gabon, since 2002.

It is reported that there is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Gabon to deliver telecom services to end users. It is practised in both the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements.

Gabon Telecom SA, the incumbent public operator, is fully owned by the Gabonese state. Gabon Telecom SA is the major supplier of internet access, with around 59% market share (number of subscribers) in 2021.

It is reported that Gabon mandates functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

Gabon is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

According to Art. 119 of the Public Procurement Code 2018, when awarding a contract, in case of equivalent offers, priority is given to a tender presented either by (i) a natural or legal person of Gabonese law; (ii) a natural or legal person proving an economic activity on Gabonese territory; (iii) a small and medium-sized national company whose capital is majority owned by people of Gabonese nationality or Gabonese law; and (iv) business groups associating Gabonese companies or providing for significant subcontracting to nationals. In the regional framework, a community preference can be attributed to the offer presented by a company from the area of ​​the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). In accordance with Art. 119, the margin of preference is 10% for works contracts and 15% for supply contracts.

The Gambling Act (2018:1138) establishes licensing requirements for the provision of online gambling services. Chapter 4 (Section 4) includes the requirement for third-country license applicants to have a physical representative who is a resident of Sweden.

The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Law (2005:59) on distance and off-premises contracts.

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

Sweden has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.