Avoid disclosing information relating to any potential invention – this may invalidate a subsequent patent application by removing novelty requirement for patenting.
The public domain includes any medium that can be read or viewed by the general public including web, posters, abstracts, conference presentations and publications.
To facilitate external discussions Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs) can be put in place. The ORI are happy to facilitate this.
All CDA’s should be in the name of the RCSI, and not an individual Department, School or Lab within the College and must be signed by an authorised signatory of the College.