33. Dr. Jones is considering participating in a research trial sponsored by a medical device company. The contract she is asked to sign gives the company the right to delay publication of the results for 90 days while they investigate the possibility of patenting any resulting discoveries. After 90 days Dr. Jones will be free to publish in any way or form she sees fit.
#	Response Date	Comment
1.	Wed, 3/14/07 12:23 AM	on any other agreements regarding intellectual property
2.	Wed, 3/14/07 1:44 AM	Not sure. But, if no other restrictions, might be okay
3.	Wed, 3/14/07 10:10 PM	this is a tough one related to intelectual property issues. If the work is solely sponsored by the company and the investigator is hored by that company and knows going in these are the rules...I am inclined to believe the COI is far less than if they are not aware of this.
4.	Mon, 3/26/07 3:22 PM	if there is no way to disseminate information that would be harmful if the device were to be used for that 90 days, then a big problem.
5.	Mon, 4/23/07 1:35 PM	If this delay would also delay important treatment options to patients than it is an unacceptable COI.
6.	Tue, 4/24/07 10:02 PM	Not if the contract does not restrict Dr Jones from properly reporting to the FDA potential problems or other with other similar reasonable reporting measures for problems in place.
7.	Fri, 4/27/07 2:24 PM	I'm just not sure about this one.
8.	Tue, 5/8/07 12:08 AM	I don't know the legalities of patent law to comment.
9.	Tue, 5/8/07 3:31 PM	....