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Dominican Republic is a member to the Paris Convention and its modifications including the TRIPS. Furthermore the local trademark law 20-00 provides imprisonment penalties to Trademark Infringement actions such as counterfeiting; this applies to counterfeiters, importers and retailers, owners of warehouses, and everyone involved in the commercialization or use of the product in Dominican Republic of a fake product and also provides the reimbursements of damages to the plaintiff.

Trademarks in Cuba, commercial names in Cuba and patents in Cuba can be fully protected by U.S. individuals and corporations.

Adoption is a very important and life changing process affecting the lives of human beings in two families; thus is needless to say is a time-consuming and expensive legal procedure that can be carry out only by wealthy individuals willing to invest time, money and patience in order to achieve it.

Dominican Republic special divorce is available to foreigners or Dominican citizens residing abroad, when both spouses agree to file this divorce before Dominican Courts. 24-Hour divorce is available in Dominican Republic.

New legislature on Intellectual Property (law 20-00 of May 2000 on industrial property and 65-00 of August 2000 on copyrights) has been enacted in order to comply with provisions of agreement signed by countries with the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Aspects (TRIPS).