Art. 11.2 of the Law No. 27 of the Kyrgyz Republic states that State control and law enforcement bodies have the right to familiarize themselves with the information considered to be commercial secrets within the limits of their competence in accordance with the powers of control and supervision granted to them by law. Access to commercial secrets is provided to the financial intelligence agency in accordance with the laws of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of combating the financing of terrorist activity and the legalization (laundering) of criminal proceeds.
Nevertheless, Art. 11.3 and Art. 11.4 establish that obtaining documents containing information considered to be commercial secrets shall be carried out only with the sanction of the prosecutor or his/her deputy and in accordance with the procedure agreed with the head of the relevant institution. Obtaining documents is carried out according to the reasoned decision of the investigator. Officials of these bodies shall be held liable as provided by law for disclosing information constituting a commercial secret of an economic entity.

Law No. 27 of the Kyrgyz Republic provides a framework for effective protection of trade secrets.

It is reported that IPR enforcement is lax and there have been no successful prosecution for IPR violations in the history of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is also reported that the judicial system remains underdeveloped and lacks independence and the appeals process can be lengthy.

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

The Kyrgyz Republic is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). However, the country does not consider itself bound by Art. 59 related to disputes. It should be noted that this treaty was signed in 1970, at a time when the Kyrgyz Republic was part of the Soviet Union. In 1994, the Kyrgyz Republic issued a declaration of continued application and the date of entry into force assigned was the date of independence, which is December 1991.

The Kyrgyz Republic has a copyright regime under the Law No. 6. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 18-25 list the exceptions, which include use of a work for educational purposes and by persons with print disabilities, use by libraries, archives and educational establishments, limitations and exceptions regarding accessible format copies, among others.

It is reported that the government may impose certain requirements to investment such as a high percentage of local workforce employment.

Art. 25.2 of Law No. 69 provides that the patent application shall be filed in the state or official language, that is Kyrgyz or Russian. Foreign applicants may file the application in another language by attaching a translation into one of the two languages.

It is reported that the government may impose investment-specific requirements including a minimum number of local seats on a board of directors, particularly for large investors. This is despite Art. 4 of Law No. 66 establishes that the Kyrgyz Republic shall not permit discrimination in respect of investors on the basis of their citizenship, nationality, language, sex, race, religion, place of their economic activity and country of origin of investors or investments.

While procurement of goods and services for projects financed by international donors is announced through common international channels of tender information, it is reported that some government actions occur outside of regularized procurement channels. In some cases, tenders are announced only one or two days prior to the bidding deadline. In such instances, it is reported that insider knowledge provides advantages to well-connected companies. Foreign firms bidding on government tenders may need to provide notarized documents translated into Russian, and in some instances hard copies are required.

The Kyrgyz Republic is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, it has observer status since October 1999.

Art. 4.3 of the Law No. 27 establishes that, in order to protect the domestic market of the Kyrgyz Republic, develop the national economy, and support commodity producers in the country, the Cabinet of Ministers may establish in public tenders preferences for goods of Kyrgyz origin and bans or restrictions on the admission of goods originating from foreign countries.

The Kyrgyz 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).

It is reported that there are three types of procurement of goods and services, and foreign companies can participate only in one type, called "Unlimited Bidding". This is despite Art. 4 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 27 on Public Procurement provides that, in the conduct of public procurement, national treatment applies to goods originating from foreign countries, works, services, respectively executed and rendered by foreign suppliers on equal terms with goods of national origin.