Art. 20 of Ordinance No. 03-07 stipulates that, in the absence of a reciprocal agreement, patent applicants residing abroad are required to appoint a representative before the competent authority.

Art. 10 of Decision No. 48/SP/PC/ARPT/17 stipulates that in the course of carrying out the activity covered by its authorisation to establish and operate hosting and storage services for computerised content, the "service provider" is obliged to guarantee that customer data is hosted and stored on national territory and to guarantee a backup solution for data hosted or stored. The term "service provider" is defined as any natural or legal person who has been granted authorisation to establish and operate hosting and storage services for computerised content for the benefit of remote users as part of cloud computing services, in compliance with the requirements set out in the legislation and regulations in force.

It is reported that Algeria fails to ensure the provision of adequate judicial remedies in instances of patent infringement.

Art. 15 of the Law on Audiovisual Activity stipulates that online audiovisual communication services must be hosted “exclusively and physically domiciled” with Algeria’s public broadcasting organisation, utilising the national ".dz" domain extension. This provision requires both the physical location of servers within Algerian territory and the use of the country’s top-level domain.

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

Art. 6 of Decree No. 20-332 establishes that "the online information activity is subject to the publication through an electronic site, whose hosting is exclusively domiciled, physically and logically in Algeria, with a domain name extension ".dz"."
In addition, Art. 33 of the Law on the Written and Electronic Press mandates that electronic press outlets must operate websites hosted exclusively on physical infrastructure located within Algeria and bearing the ".dz" domain extension.

The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Order No. 03-05 does not provide any fair use/fair dealing model for copyright exceptions. However, Arts. 33-53 provide a list of wide exceptions. These include: materials that are printed, audio, audio-visual or any other form prepared for school or university education; work converted for personal or family purposes; usage of decorative or illustrative drawing of a literary or artistic work in a publication, in an audio or audio video recording or in audio or audio video programs meant for teaching or professional training as long as it is intended to achieve the targeted purpose; free acting or performing of a work; libraries and document keeping centers, not aiming at making direct or indirect commercial profits, can reproduce a work without the author’s or right owner’s permission in response to a request from another library or document keeping center, or to maintain the work’s copy, or to compensate a damaged, lost or void one; and mass media institutions reproducing, circulating or conveying to the public articles on daily events published by newspapers, radio or television, without permission from the author or reward to him, provided that the author and the source are indicated, unless there is an express provision prohibiting its use for such purposes.

It is reported that digital piracy is pervasive and that enforcement mechanisms lack transparency and consistency, particularly with regard to online platforms and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) piracy.

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

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

Algeria does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to trade secrets in Art. 59 of Order No. 03-07 related to patents of invention, which provides that the competent judicial authority shall take into consideration the legal interests of the defendant when approving any required evidence through non-disclosure of commercial and industrial secrets.

Art. 82 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that foreign companies that submit bids alone unless there are compelling reasons to do otherwise, must subcontract at least 30% of the initial contract amount to companies that are legally domiciled in Algeria. The aforementioned requirement was already in force in Art. 85 of Presidential Decree No. 15/247 since 2015, which is still in force pending the adoption of a regulation for Law No. 23-12.

Art. 58 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that contracting authorities must reserve a maximum of 20% of contracts for small or micro-enterprises, start-ups, or any entity designated as such.

Art. 64 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that the specifications for international calls for competition must provide foreign bidders or subcontractors with a minimum threshold of professional integration of the national workforce and qualified national executives.

Art. 60 of Law No. 23-12 stipulates that when the contracting authority initiates a national and/or international competitive tender process, it must include a system to guarantee the provision of training and the transfer of technology and know-how in relation to the subject of the contract.