President Hugo Chávez yesterday announced his policy for his third term in office. He heralded a "new era" in the transformation of Venezuela to socialism: the "Simón Bolívar national project 2007-2021." The project contemplates the nationalization of strategic industry sectors, such as telecommunications and electricity, through special powers to be sought from the Legislature.

El presente boletín representa una descripción general de aspectos relevantes de la Ley y no constituye una opinión legal dirigida a atender una situación específica.

On September 24th 2019, the Administrative Regulation for the National Plan for ".ve" Domain Names was issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL).

The protection of Trade Secrets has taken place in the Andean Region since the nineties, with the adoption of economic liberation policies. The protection of Trade Secrets has been mainly regulated by the regulations of the Andean Community and by the internal regulations regarding unfair competition.