Seychelles has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Seychelles 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 them. The Industrial Property Act provides a definition under Section 106 stating that information shall be considered "undisclosed information" if:
- it is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question;
- it has commercial value because it is secret; and
- its legitimate holder has taken reasonable steps, under the circumstances, to keep it secret.

According to Art. 35(e) of the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Act, every person providing a telecommunication service must afford access to towers, poles, ducts, conduits, and such person's right-of-way to his competitors on rates, terms and conditions that are reasonable and non-discriminatory.

It is reported that the Government of Seychelles owns 40.6% shareholding of Seychelles Cable Systems Company Limited (SCS). SCS is a private-public partnership made up of the Seychelles Government, Cable & Wireless (33.4%) and Airtel (26%) that was set up to act as a promoter of the Seychelles East Africa Submarine (SEAS) cable project.

It is reported that Seychelles does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there is an obligation of accounting separation.

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

Seychelles 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).

The Public Procurement Act contains several types of tendering procedures under Part VI. According to Arts. 58.2(b) and 60.2(b), procurement that is not available under competitive prices from at least three suppliers in Seychelles should be open to international bidding. Conversely, if more than three domestic suppliers are able to offer competitive prices, open international bidding is not required.

Subsection 90.2 of the Public Procurement Act establishes that a procuring entity may require bidders to be citizens of Seychelles or local bidders to be eligible to participate in a public procurement where the procurement is subject to a reservation scheme. In this regard, Regulation 153 of the Public Procurement Regulations states that the procurement of goods, works, or services may be subject to a reservation scheme consistent with the Government's economic and social policy. A reservation scheme shall have the objective of developing businesses among target groups by reserving certain public procurement contracts for such target groups.

Regulation, 152 of the Public Procurement Regulations, provides that the procurement of goods works, or services may be subject to a preference scheme aligned with the Government's economic and social policies. The primary objective of a preference scheme is to foster the development of businesses within target groups by granting them a competitive advantage. This is achieved by adding a specified margin to the evaluated price of bidders who do not qualify for the preference during the financial evaluation of bids. Any instrument or document establishing a preference scheme must specify the following:
- the eligibility for the margin of preference, in terms of ownership, location of the bidder or production facilities, the origin of labour, raw material or components, the extent of sub-contracting or association with local partners or any other relevant factor;
- the documentation required as evidence of eligibility for the margin of preference; and
- the percentage of the margin of preference and the manner in which it will be applied during the evaluation.

Seychelles is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2015.

The Seychelles Investment (Economic Activities) Regulations, 2022, states all economic activities with FDI restrictions. Sectors relevant for digital trade are not subject to restriction.

Section 10.6 of the Industrial Property Act stipulates that a patent applicant who is neither domiciled in nor has an established business in Seychelles must appoint an agent domiciled in Seychelles.