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Best Solution Provider Tool Contest
OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
The "Best Solution Provider Tool Contest" (the "Contest") is being sponsored by United Business Media LLC (the "Sponsor") in connection with Mashup Camp 7 to be held November 17-19, 2008 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California (the "Conference"). Each Sponsoring company which enters the Contest (each, an "Entrant") agrees to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor and its judges, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Contest.
How to Enter
To enter the Contest, an Entrant who is otherwise eligible under these Official Rules must be an official sponsor of Mashup Camp 7 with completed Contest Entry Form and declaration of eligibility and release of liability on file by 12:00pm PST on Sunday, November 16, 2008 (the "Entry Deadline").
Entrants must be present on-site at Mashup Camp 7 on Monday, November 17, 2008 and Tuesday, November 18, 2008, in order to present their solutions (each, an "Entry") to event attendees and assist them in using the tools to develop original software mashups. Entrants will sit at a table provided by United Business Media LLC on Monday, November 17, 2008 in order to demonstrate their Entries on their laptops and will circulate among the event attendees on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 as Hack Masters in order to serve as advisors and answer questions.
Notification:
Entries will be evaluated by event attendees at the Conference (each, a "Judge"). Judging will be completed by 4:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at the Conference. The prizewinner will be determined by the votes of event attendees. Each event attendee will evaluate the Entries and vote once for their favorite Entry.
Sponsor will notify potential winners, in person, on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 during the Awards & Cocktail Reception at the end of the last day of the Conference. Sponsor’s and Judges’ decision is final. This contest is sponsored by United Business Media LLC, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030.
Entrant Requirements
Any potential winner who does not satisfy all of the requirements of this section may be disqualified, and Sponsor may select an alternate winning Entry from the remaining Entries.
Each Entrant will be responsible its own costs of travel, meals, accommodations, and equipment in connection with the Contest and the Conference. All representatives of corporate Entrants must be in sufficient physical condition for safe travel to the Conference.
Prize List
One (1) 7x9 engraved plaque will be awarded to both the 1st and 2nd place winner selected by event attendees who act as judges of the Entries.
In the event of unavailability of the stated prize, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute an item of equal or greater value. Prize is not transferable, exchangeable, or redeemable for cash. Winner will be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability release and grant permission to use corporate Sponsor’s name and logo for advertising and promotion (without further compensation to the winner) prior to 12:00pm PST on Sunday, November 16, 2008. Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law.
Prize Terms
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any non-monetary prizes with items of equal or greater value. The winner will be solely responsible for bearing any income or other taxes, fees, or other costs relating to the prize.
The prizes will be announced on-site at the Conference and mailed to the winners within six to eight weeks of the event.
Eligibility
Contest open to official corporate sponsors of Mashup Camp 7 with completed Contest Entry Form and declaration of eligibility and release of liability on file by 12:00pm PST on Sunday, November 16, 2008 (the "Entry Deadline"). Corporate sponsors/Entrants may submit more than one Entry. All Entries must be submitted to UBM by 12:00pm PST on Sunday, November 16, 2008. Employees of United Business Media LLC, its affiliates, advertising, promotion and production agencies and members of their immediate families (including spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, step-children, step-parents and in-laws) or those with whom they are domiciled are not eligible.
Criteria
The winners will be selected based upon the votes received by Conference attendees. Attendees will be looking for:
- A novel and engaging way in which the technology delivers features;
- Exceptional creativity and usability in the development of the software Mashup
- The likelihood that the technology will make a significant impact in some sector of the electronic systems market;
- The ability to provide systems engineers with new and compelling capabilities and/or the delivery of existing features in a novel and engaging way.
Liability/Terms and Conditions
By entering, Entrants release United Business Media LLC and its officers, employees, directors, agents and affiliates with respect to the use of the prize(s) awarded herein, agree to be bound by these rules, and grants to UBM a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use and publicly display their entries for all advertising and marketing purposes, including promoting its web sites, products, and services. Entrants consent to the use of their names and likeness for advertising and/or promotional and/or marketing purposes without additional compensation. United Business Media LLC is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry of information including, but not limited to technical malfunctions, human error, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any telephone network, computer equipment, software or any combination thereof, entry materials that have been tampered with, or mail in entries that are illegible, late, lost, damaged, postage due or misdirected. United Business Media LLC is not responsible for any injury or damage to participants or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any material in this promotion. Entries that have been tampered with or altered are void. United Business Media LLC reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Contest if it becomes technically corrupted or if for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infections by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of United Business Media LLC, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion.
This promotion shall be governed by the laws of the United States.
Representations
By entering the Contest, each corporate Entrant submitting entry materials (including an actual solution Entry) represents and warrants to Sponsor that:
- such individual either is the Entrant (if the Entrant is an individual) or is a fully authorized representative of the Entrant (if the Entrant is a business entity);
- the Entrant and the Entry fully comply with all eligibility requirements and all other provisions of these Official Rules;
- in preparing the Entry and entering and participating in the Contest and the Conference, the Entrant has complied and will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, regulations, and rules and has not violated, and will not violate any agreement or understanding by which it is bound, including any confidentiality, employment, consulting, intellectual property assignment, or license agreement.
- that the individual is not bound by any intellectual property agreement or any other agreement or obligation, with an employer, co-owner or otherwise, that prohibits, limits or affects: (a) the individual’s ownership of the Contest Materials; (b) the individual’s right to submit the Contest Materials to the Sponsors; or (c) Sponsor’s license rights in the Contest Materials and in such individual Contestant’s name, photograph, voice, likeness, logo and biographical information as set forth herein;
- the Contest Materials are unpublished and consist entirely of the individual’s own work or of work to which such individual has all necessary rights; and
- neither the Contest Materials nor the exploitation of the Contest Materials as provided herein will infringe or misappropriate any intellectual property, rights of publicity, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity.
Termination
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest in its sole and absolute discretion if the Contest becomes technically corrupted or is not capable of being run as planned, including infections by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest. In such event, Sponsor will post notice at the Conference and on the Contest Website and will implement an alternate means for awarding all prizes.
Miscellaneous
If any part of these Official Rules is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable, such part will be deemed modified or eliminated to the extent necessary, in the court’s opinion, to make it enforceable while preserving the original intent of the Sponsor, and the remaining parts of these Official Rules will remain in full force and effect. The Contest will be governed by, and these Official Rules will be interpreted by, and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without regard to any conflicts of laws principles. The Contest is void where prohibited by law. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Official Rules, the Contest, the Conference, or any prize must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco, California, and Sponsor and each Entrant irrevocably waive any objection to the venue and jurisdiction thereof.
Winners List
For the name of the prize winners, available after December 19, 2008, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
Mashup Camp 7 Contest - Best Solution Provider Tool Winners
c/o Angela Bole
United Business Media LLC
11 W. 19th Street 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
