According to the "General and certification requirements for licensed and license-exempt radio apparatus used for radio communication, " all transmitting devices must be type-approved before sale in the country. The following documentation is required when submitting a request for type approval: the test reports, the name of the device, the name and address of the applicant & manufacturer, the model number, the certification from a recognised standards body FCC, ETSI or ICC, pictures of the device/component, and the device Manual. This process usually takes 3–5 business days, depending on the backlog of approvals and whether all the information has been submitted.

It is reported that in Barbados the lack of enforcement of intellectual property judgments, inadequate enforcement resources, poor implementation of existing legislation, and long-standing backlogs in the judicial system continue to be of concern.
Unauthorised retransmission of cable broadcasts and programming by local cable operators in Barbados, particularly state-owned broadcasters, is reported to be a problem. Several pending copyright infringement cases brought by interested parties against local cable operators and a local radio station remained virtually stalled in 2022.

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

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

Barbados lacks a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. The Protection Against Unfair Competition Act, under Art. 8.2, governs the treatment of "secret information". According to this article, information is deemed secret if it meets the following criteria: (i) it is not generally known among, or easily accessible to, individuals who would typically possess knowledge of or access to such information, considering both its overall structure and specific components. (ii) it holds commercial value due to its confidential nature, and (iii) the rightful owner has taken reasonable measures under the given circumstances to maintain its secrecy.

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

It is reported that at least 25% of the equity in a telecommunications carrier must be held by Barbadian natural or legal persons. Furthermore, it is indicated that the authorities have noted that mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are also subject to the same ownership structure requirement.

Barbados mandates functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

Barbados has only partially appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that the Telecommunications Unit, the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Under Section 75.1 of the Income Tax Act 1969, every person carrying on business and every person who is or may be required by the Act to collect or pay a tax or other amount shall keep records and books of account, including an annual inventory, in Barbados, in such form and containing such information as will enable the taxes payable under the Act or the taxes or other amounts that should have been deducted, withheld or collected to be determined.

Section 170 of the Companies Act 1982 lists a series of registers and records that must be maintained at a company's registered office or at some other place in Barbados designated by the directors of the company, including minutes of meetings and resolutions of shareholders, the name and latest known address of shareholders, and a register showing the name and latest known address of each person to whom privileges, options or rights have been granted. In addition, under Section 172 of the Companies Act, adequate accounting records and records containing minutes of meetings and resolutions of the directors and any committees of the directors shall be kept at the registered office of the company or at some other place in Barbados designated by the directors. Furthermore, according to Section 172.3, when any accounting records of a company are kept at a place outside Barbados, accounting records that are adequate to enable the directors to ascertain the financial position of the company with reasonable accuracy on a quarterly basis must be kept at the company's registered office or at some other place in Barbados designated by the directors.

Under Section 13.1.b of the International Trusts Act 1995, a trustee of an international trust created under Section 10 shall keep in Barbados a register in which the following information is set out: the name of the settlor, a summary of the purposes of the trust, the name of the protector of the trust, and such documents as are necessary to show the true financial position of the trust.

According to Art. 22 of the Data Protection Act 2019, personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside Barbados unless that country or territory provides for: (i) an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of their personal data; and (ii) appropriate safeguards on condition that the rights of the data subject are enforceable and there are available, effective legal remedies for data subjects.

Barbados has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.