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

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 Swedish Act on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works was amended to be consistent with the Directive, but Sweden applies copyright exceptions very narrowly, choosing not to employ the three-step test. The economic rights conferred by the Copyright Act are relaxed in cases of making physical copies for private or educational use or when an author has previously authorised the reproduction of the work in the EEA (the Consumption Principle). However, Section 12 of the Copyright Act explicitly excludes creating digital copies of copyrighted material or making copies of computer programs and software, and a 2016 ruling by the Swedish Supreme Court found that posting photos of public art online was not consistent with Swedish copyright law.

The European Union and Sweden have adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty. The treaty was ratified on 14 December 2009 and came into effect on 14 March 2010.

The European Union and Sweden have adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty. The treaty was ratified on 14 December 2009 and came into effect on 14 March 2010.

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. Sweden transposed the Directive through a series of amendments to existing legislation as well as the Trade Secrets Act of 2018.

In Sweden, the sharing of passive infrastructure is mandated to support the delivery of telecommunications services to end users. Pursuant to Sections 15 and 16 of Chapter 5 of the Electronic Communications Act, operators classified as undertakings with significant market power may be required to comply with reasonable requests for access to and use of infrastructure essential for the construction of electronic communications networks, as well as networks and associated facilities necessary for providing electronic communications services.

The Swedish government owns a 39.5% stake in Telia, one of Sweden's largest telecommunications firms. The government had full ownership of Telia up until 2006, when Telia merged with Sonera, and the Swedish government's stake fell to 46%. They have since divested further, bringing the current stake to 39.5%

Sweden requires functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecommunications sector. Section 24 of Chapter 5 of the Electronic Communications Act provides that, in exceptional circumstances, the regulatory authority may require a vertically integrated operator, subject to an access obligation, to organisationally separate the activities related to that obligation. This separation must ensure that the activities are managed by an independent business unit. A vertically integrated operator is defined as an entity supplying services to undertakings with which it competes in downstream markets.

The Protective Security Act, which was amended in 2019 to allow Swedish security and intelligence forces to recommend the revocation of operating licenses for firms in sectors important to national security if they are found to pose a security risk, was used in 2020 to ban Huawei and ZTE equipment from being used in the Swedish network. Specifically, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has told telecommunications operators in Sweden vying for licensing rights at auction that bids including Huawei or ZTE equipment will not be considered, and pre-existing Huawei and ZTE infrastructure would need to be decommissioned by 2025. This effective ban on Huawei and ZTE equipment has been challenged in court, but so far, the decision has been upheld in the Swedish court.

Type approval procedures in Sudan are regulated by the Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority (TPRA). It is reported that the homologation process in Sudan does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives. However, a product sample can be requested from the authority for viewing.

Sudan does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties.

Sudan lacks a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that applies to online transactions.

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