The Dominican Republic has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Law No. 20-00 provides a framework for effective protection of trade secrets. Chapters I and II of Title VI include a definition and conditions to protect a secret, what constitutes unfair competition related to trade secrets, what are the unfair means of access to a trade secret, information for sales authorisation and the actions that may be brought against this act of unfair competition.

There is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in the country to deliver telecom services to end users. It is practised both in the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements. According to Art. 5 of the Infrastructure Sharing Regulation, passive infrastructure providers shall share passive infrastructures or related facilities requested by the requesting providers, provided that such sharing is feasible from the technical, security and operational point of view. Such sharing shall be done in a non-discriminatory manner at fair and reasonable prices and conditions. Infrastructure owners shall facilitate access to such infrastructure on equal, transparent and non-discriminatory terms to providers that install or operate public telecommunications networks. Infrastructure sharing is effective in both the mobile and fixed sectors.

The Dominican Republic does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there has been an obligation to separate the accounts since 1998. According to Art. 30 of the Law No. 153/1998 - General Telecommunications Law, in case a concessionaire provides several public telecommunications services, it must keep separate accounts for each service, in order to enable the control of fair and effective competition.

Art. 16 of Law No. 340-06 provides that public tenders may be international in the following cases:
- When the purchase or contracting is covered by a treaty or agreement in force between the Dominican Republic and another State or multilateral or bilateral credit agency;
- When, previously, a technical evaluation indicates that the national bidders do not have sufficient capacity to provide the goods or services or execute the projects or works;
- When a previous national public tender has been declared void.

Law No. 488-08 establishes a regulatory regime for the development and competitiveness of MSMEs. According to Art. 25, state institutions must reserve 15% of purchases of goods and services to national MSMEs. Moreover, Art. 26 establishes that when MSMEs are managed by women who have a shareholding or capital stock of more than 50%, then the percentage of purchases by state institutions reserved for MSMEs goes up to 20%.

According to Art. 25 of Decree No. 543-12, in order for a foreign individual or legal entity to participate in contracts for the execution of works or to be contracted by the Dominican State, it must be associated with a national or mixed capital.

The Dominican Republic is a signatory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996, but is not a signatory of its 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Art. 9 of Act No. 118/An/15/7Th prohibits anyone from offering payment services (which includes electronic payments) or managing a system unless duly authorised to do so by the Central Bank. The Central Bank also has the power to suspend or revoke the licence under certain circumstances. Art. 81 stipulates additional requirements for e-payment applicants.

Djibouti does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties. However, it is reported that there is an informal arrangement of a de minimis of USD 100.

Law No. 28/AN/08/6th L on Protection, Suppression of Fraud and Consumer Protection provides a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions. Art. 2 provides the scope of the Law to apply to all production, distribution and service activities. This law was incorporated into the legal corpus of the Djibouti Commercial Code of 2012.

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

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

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