Fundamental Science and Technology Act Article 6

Projects in scientific and technological research and development to be subsidized, commissioned, or funded by the government, or to be conducted under scientific and technological research and development budgets prepared by public research institutes (organizations) in accordance with law, shall be selected through a process of evaluation or review, and the selection results thereof shall be justified with reasons. The research and development results and its income from such a project may be conferred, in whole or in part, to the executing research and development units for ownership or licensing for use, and are not subject to the National Property Act.The safekeeping of, use of, income from, and disposition of research and development results and its income referred to in the preceding Paragraph that have been conferred to a public school, public institution (organization) or public enterprise, shall not be subject to Article 11, Article 13, Article 14, Article 20, Article 25, Article 28, Article 29, Article 33, Article 35, Article 36, Article 56, Article 57, Article 58, Article 60, or Article 64 of the National Property Act.The ownership and utilization of the research and development results and its income referred to in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of this Article shall be determined based on the principles of fairness and effectiveness by assessing the proportion and contribution of capital and labor, the nature of the research and development result, potential uses, societal benefits, national security, and impacts on the market. Regulations pertaining to the objectives, prerequisites, effective period, scope, proportion (whole or part), registration, administration, allocation of profit, recusal and disclosure of relevant information, intervention by the funding agency into the matter of a third party licensed to implement the research and development result, reclamation of the result by the funding agency as national property, and other relevant procedures shall be arranged and prescribed by the Executive Yuan. Additionally, the competent authorities may prescribe related laws and regulations to enforce such matters.Unless otherwise prescribed by any treaty or agreement to which this nation is a party, any public school, public research institute (organization), or juristic person or entity performing procurement for a project mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article under a subsidy or commission from the government, or under a scientific and technological research and development budget prepared by a public research institute (organization) in accordance with law, shall not be subject to the regulation of the Government Procurement Act, but shall be supervised by the subsidizing, commissioning or competent agency. Regulations governing the matters of such supervision shall be prescribed by the competent science and technology authority at the central government.
中文原文 科學技術基本法第6條
政府補助、委託、出資或公立研究機關(構)依法編列科學技術研究發展預算所進行之科學技術研究發展,應依評選或審查之方式決定對象,評選或審查應附理由。
其所獲得之研究發展成果,得全部或一部歸屬於執行研究發展之單位所有或授權使用,不受國有財產法之限制。
前項研究發展成果及其收入,歸屬於公立學校、公立機關(構)或公營事業者,其保管、使用、收益及處分不受國有財產法第十一條、第十三條、第十四條、第二十條、第二十五條、第二十八條、第二十九條、第三十三條、第三十五條、第三十六條、第五十六條、第五十七條、第五十八條、第六十條及第六十四條規定之限制。
前二項研究發展成果及其收入之歸屬及運用,應依公平及效益原則,參酌資本與勞務之比例及貢獻,科學技術研究發展成果之性質、運用潛力、社會公益、國家安全及對市場之影響,就其目的、要件、期限、範圍、全部或一部之比例、登記、管理、收益分配、迴避及其相關資訊之揭露、資助機關介入授權第三人實施或收歸國有及相關程序等事項之辦法,由行政院統籌規劃訂定;各主管機關並得訂定相關法規命令施行之。
公立學校、公立研究機關(構)、法人或團體接受第一項政府補助、委託或公立研究機關(構)依法編列之科學技術研究發展預算辦理採購,除我國締結之條約或協定另有規定者外,不適用政府採購法之規定。
但應受補助、委託或主管機關之監督;其監督管理辦法,由中央科技主管機關定之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.