Law No. 20-00 provides a framework for effective protection of trade secrets. Chapters I and II of Title VI include a definition and conditions to protect a secret, what constitutes unfair competition related to trade secrets, what are the unfair means of access to a trade secret, information for sales authorization and the actions that may be brought against this act of unfair competition.

The Dominican Republic has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

It is reported that copyright is not adequately enforced online in the Dominican Republic. There are concerns about online piracy, including the lack of intellectual property prosecutions by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office against High Technology Crimes and Offenses. In addition, it is reported that the rate of unlicensed software installation in the country was 74% in 2017 (above the 52% rate of the Latin American countries) for an estimated commercial value of USD 74 million.

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

The Dominican Republic has a copyright regime under the law No. 65-00. However, the exceptions does not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 30-44 list the exceptions, which include the reproduction of: news that have the character of mere press information; speeches made in deliberative assemblies or public meetings, works for educational or scientific purposes, among others.

The Dominican Republic is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

According to Art. 148 of Law No. 20-00, when the applicant or the holder of an industrial property right has its domicile or headquarters outside the Dominican Republic, it must have a representative domiciled in the country who can be notified of all resolutions, correspondence, writings and any other documentation emanating from the National Office for Industrial Property.

Art. 144 of Law 16-92 establishes that the administrators, managers, directors and other persons exercising administrative or management functions must preferably be of Dominican nationality. On the other hand, its Art. 135 establishes that at least 80% of the total number of workers of a company must be composed of Dominicans. Art. 136 establishes that the salaries received by the Dominican workers of a company must amount, as a whole, to at least 80% of the value corresponding to the payment of all the personnel. Exempted from the provisions of this article are the salaries received by workers who perform technical, managerial or directorial tasks.

The Dominican Republic has established minimum capital requirements for limited liability companies. According to Art. 91 of Law No. 479-08 the amount of capital stock of limited liability companies cannot be less than 100,000 Dominican pesos (approx. USD 1,840). In the case of certain types of limited liability companies, Art.160 establishes that the minimum amount of authorized capital shall be 30 Million Dominican pesos (approx. 550,000 USD).

The Dominican Republic 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 2022.

It is reported that public procurement in the Dominican Republic is not carried out in a transparent manner and that corruption is a problem.

Law No. 488-08 establishes a regulatory regime for the development and competitiveness of MSMEs. According to Art. 25, state institutions must reserve 15% of purchases of goods and services to national MSMEs. Moreover, Art. 26 establishes that when MSMEs are managed by women that have a shareholding or capital stock of more than 50%, then the percentage of purchases by state institution reserved for MSMEs goes up to 20%.

Art. 16 of Law No. 340-06 provides that public tenders may be international in the following cases:
- When the purchase or contracting is covered by a treaty or agreement in force between the Dominican Republic and another State or multilateral or bilateral credit agency;
- When, previously, a technical evaluation indicates that the national bidders do not have sufficient capacity to provide the goods or services or execute the projects or works;
- When a previous national public tender has been declared void.

The Dominican 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).