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, 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.

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.

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

The Dominican Republic has a copyright regime under the law No. 65-00. However, the exceptions do 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.

It is reported that copyright is not adequately enforced online in the Dominican Republic. There are concerns about online and signal piracy, including the lack of intellectual property prosecutions by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office against High Technology Crimes and offences.

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

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).

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.

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 who have a shareholding or capital stock of more than 50%, then the percentage of purchases by state institutions reserved for MSMEs goes up to 20%.

According to Art. 25 of Decree No. 543-12, in order for a foreign individual or legal entity to participate in contracts for the execution of works or to be contracted by the Dominican State, it must be associated with a national or mixed capital.

Cuba has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Cuba has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

According to Resolution No. 42/2020 in its first special provision, the method of payment, through the use of the national payment card or any other authorised means, and the claims, doubts or divergences on transactions made through the payment gateway are made and formulated in accordance with the provisions of the legislation in force by the Central Bank of Cuba. In addition, the terms of services of TuEnvio.cu state that payments can be made only through Tranfermóvil and Enzona, two phone applications that can be associated with cards issued by the Central Bank of Cuba, Banco Metropolitano, Banco de Crédito and Commerce and the Popular Savings Bank.

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