Dominican Republic

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Background of colaboration

Information about funding opportunities for R&D projects:


Name of the programme	Funding organisation	Countries	Research Actions	Limitations
National Fund for Scientific and Technological Innovation and Development (FONDOCYT)	Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology	Dominican Republic. It is a national fund, but favours, even values, applications which are associated with the submitted projects of other researchers, networks or universities.	Funding (on the competition basis) of research projects in the area of scientific and technological innovation in universities and research centers.	Funding is only for development of projects involving basic science and hard technology.

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)	Research, development and innovation; capital available for R & D, project history.	Both national and international	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
PILA - Network of Intellectual and Industrial Property in Latin America	The aim is to create a learning platform for exchanging management practices in respect of intellectual property in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America. With the modernization of management practices in respect of intellectual property in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America, PILA aims to encourage interaction between universities and businesses, thereby contributing to economic and social development.	Free of charge
FONTAGRO	Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology (14 Latin American Countries and Spain). Main activities: to finance research and innovation of regional interest.	Free of charge

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT)	MESCYT is responsible for: Development of R&D to improve quality and positioning of products, goods and services produced in the domestic economy; Creating human capital in science and technology required to strengthen national capacities to generate knowledge and innovation; Disseminating information and social appropriation of science, technology and productive innovation as tools for social part of the Dominican Republic.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
Information not available

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Law No. 65-00 on Copyright		National Copyright Office (ONDA) - Ministry of Culture
Patents	Law No. 20-00 on Industrial Property		National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)
Utility models	Law No. 20-00 on Industrial Property		National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)
Trade marks	Law No. 20-00 on Industrial Property		National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)
(Industrial) designs	Law No. 20-00 on Industrial Property		National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)
Geographical Indications	Law No. 20-00 on Industrial Property		National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)
Know How	Information not available
Plant Breeders Rights	Law No. 450-06 on Protection of the Rights of Breeders of New Varieties of Plants
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Information not available

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
ONAPI Database (currently in the process of construction)	Database of granted intellectual property rights.	Spanish
Latipat	Latipat is an access point for searching public patent documents of Latin America and Spain using the Espacenet platform.	English, Spanish, Portuguese

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	Information not available
Patents/Utility models
Industrial Designs
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Information not available
Trade Marks	Information not available
Copyright	Information not available

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI)	ONAPI is a technically autonomous institution with its own resources, which administers all matters relating to granting, maintenance and enforcement of the various types of Industrial Property (patents, utility models, industrial designs and distinctive signs).

IP treaties & agreements:


Berne Convention	introduces minimum standard of copyright protection	yes
Paris Convention	establishes minimum standards of industrial property protection	yes
TRIPS		yes
WIPO conventions		yes
PCT		yes
EPC		no
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	no
Hague Convention		no
UPOV		yes

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Author / Inventor
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Patents: Employer, if an invention is made within the scope of employment, unless otherwise agreed; Copyright: Shall be determined in the contract; unless otherwise agreed, the economic rights in the work shall be presumed to accrue to the authors.
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	There are no relevant rules.
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	Information not available
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	Information not available
Related law (name & link)	Law No. 20-00 on Industrial Property, Article 8 Law No. 65-00 on Copyright, Article 12

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	Are established in each specific project.
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	Are established in each specific project.
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	Are established in each specific project.

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Not available
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	No
Related Law (name & Link)	Not available
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	Additional revenue from each project in which the researcher was involved.

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Law 92-00

Revenue sharing:


Remuneration/ Participation in revenues	Statutory rules regarding remuneration	Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing	Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing	Related law (name & link)
When the invention has an economic value much higher than could have reasonably foreseen at the time of concluding the contract, the inventor is entitled to special remuneration which shall be fixed by the competent court, failing agreement between the parties. If that is not part of his contract, if the employer notifies its interest in the invention, the employee shall be entitled to equitable remuneration taking into account salary and the estimated economic value of the invention. Failing agreement between the parts, the remuneration shall be fixed by the competent court.	Same as mentioned in the first column.	Same as mentioned in the first column.	There is a particular way in each regulation of intellectual property of each university, but not established by law or regulation.	Law 92-00

Models of contracts used in R&D:


Type of contracts	Short description	Source (link)
There are only some contracts of the universities, but no model contract of general application.