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The following are the official rules for the Dwell.com and coolcapitals "Cool Case" Design Competition ("Competition"):
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Sponsors: The Competition is sponsored by Dwell Media LLC ("Dwell"), located at 550 Kearny Street, Suite 710, San Francisco, CA 94108 and coolcapitals located at 25 Park Avenue South, Suite 2005, New York, NY 10003 ( together "Sponsors").
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Eligibility: Any individual who enters the Competition must be at least the age of legal majority in the jurisdiction where they reside. The Competition is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and is void where prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsors and their immediate families (spouse, parent, sibling, child, and spouse of any of the foregoing) and those living in their immediate households, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter the Competition or to win the prize.
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Entry Period: The entry period for the Competition begins at 9 a.m. PST on Friday, June 25, 2010 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on Monday, August 9, 2010 ("Entry Period"). Entries received before or after the Entry Period will not be considered unless an early entry is resubmitted during the Entry Period.
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Competition Details: Competition entrants will submit two derivatives of the same graphic design for silicon cases to be produced by coolcapitals and Dwell, one for a BlackBerry™ smartphone and one for an iPhone&trade. The template for the physical shape and dimensions of both cases are provided at dwell.com/contests/coolcapitals-cool-case-design-competition. Submissions will be judged by members of the Dwell editorial staff and representatives of coolcapitals. Judging criteria will include equal consideration of both cases; marketability to design-savvy travelers; unisex appeal; inspiration by art, fashion, architecture, design and/or food; and creative communication that the "coolcapitals" are Vienna-Austria, Valencia-Spain, Antwerp-Belgium, Amsterdam-Holland and Zürich-Switzerland. Designs focusing on fewer than all five cities will be disqualified. One winner will be selected from the qualified entries. Sponsors will produce 3,000 iPhone and 3,000 BlackBerry cases using the winning design and distribute them at high end design events occurring between October 2010 and April 2011.
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How to Enter: A complete entry consists of the following five elements: (1) a completed entry form available at dwell.com/contests/submit/coolcapitals-cool-case-design-contest; (2) one image utilizing the provided iPhone case template submitted in a vector-based eps (Encapsulated PostScript) file format; (3) one image utilizing the provided BlackBerry case template submitted in a vector-based eps (Encapsulated PostScript) file format; (4) a title for your submission; and (5) a brief description of the inspiration behind your design (500 character maximum). All submitted designs must be able to be produced in 4 spot color and not in 4-color process. Incomplete entries or entries using any other format will be void. All images submitted as part of the entries may be used by Sponsors for marketing, development and promotional purposes, and will not be returned. Entries must be submitted during the Entry Period to be considered.
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Ownership Rights in Submissions; Originality; License to Sponsors: You must have all ownership rights in and to your concept, design and text. By submitting an entry you represent and warrant that any concepts, design elements, text and images contained in your entry are your original work and that no other person or entity, including any third party designer, has any ownership interest in all or any portion of your entry. Your entry must not have been, and may not be, submitted in any other competition or previously published. Sponsors reserve the right to void and/or disqualify any submission if found in Sponsors’ sole discretion to be inconsistent with these representations and warranties, plagiarized, copied, or fraudulent; to infringe upon existing rights of others; or to be incomplete, damaged, obscene, vulgar, offensive or otherwise unsuitable. By submitting an entry, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsors from and against all claims or damages arising out of the use of any design or other materials you submit. By submitting an entry, you grant to Sponsors and their respective successors and assigns an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual license to publish, display, use, exploit, edit the text, adapt, modify, copy, disseminate, post, or dispose of the design, text and other submitted materials online, in print, film, television, or in any other media for editorial, advertising, promotional or other purposes without compensation or notification of any kind to you. You understand and agree that Sponsors will manufacture and distribute smartphone cases based on the winning entry (but reserve the right not to do so), and the winning entrant will have no right to any profits or other compensation related to any commercial exploitation of the winning design.
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Winner Selection (amended): The winner will now be announced on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (original announcement date was Tuesday, August 24, 2010) and notified by email and telephone no later than Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (no change to this date). Sponsors’ decisions in selecting the winner and in all matters relating to the Competition are final and binding.
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Prize: The winner will receive a trip to the coolcapitals city of their choice (chosen from among Vienna, Austria; Valencia, Spain; Antwerp, Belgium; Amsterdam, Holland; and Zürich, Switzerland) consisting of the following paid elements with a total retail value of approximately $3,500.00 US (depending on departure city): Round trip tickets for two (2) from a major U.S. city to the coolcapitals city of winner’s choice; Five (5) night stay in a hotel selected by coolcapitals (only room and local occupancy tax are provided: winner is responsible for meals, incidentals and other expenses); and City Card pass (free mass transit, free entrance into certain museums, discounts on restaurants and shopping). If the winner chooses not to accept the prize or cannot be reached prior to the announcement date, an alternate winner will be chosen. Prizewinner will also receive a total of 20 phone cases with their winning design (choice of iPhone and/or BlackBerry).
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Taxes and Documentation: All federal, state, and local taxes on the monetary value of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. A 1099 tax statement will be filed with the IRS and the winner will be required to sign a W-9 form and a Winner’s Agreement, which will include an affidavit of eligibility and a liability release. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the prize.
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Right to Use Name, Likeness, and Other Identifying Information: By submitting an entry, each entrant grants to Sponsors and their respective successors and assigns the right, except where prohibited by law, the right to use the entrant’s name, likeness, city and state, biographical information, entry materials, and written or oral statements, for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes, without compensation, unless required by law. Entrants shall have no right of approval, no claim to compensation, and no claim (including, without limitation, claims based on invasion of privacy, defamation, or right of publicity) arising out of any use, blurring, alteration, or use in composite form of their name, likeness, city and state, biographical information, or entry. The rights granted under this paragraph are without compensation or notification to the entrant of any kind, except as required by law, and shall extend to all entries and all other submitted materials related to the Competition, including those submitted by non-winners and winners.
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General Conditions: By participating in the Competition, entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsors and the judges, which will be final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Competition. Sponsors and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") shall have no responsibility for any injury, losses, or damages of any kind resulting from participation in this Competition or acceptance and use of the prize. If for any reason the Competition is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsors, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Competition, Sponsors reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Competition, and/or to judge entries from among all eligible, nonsuspect entries received prior to such action. Released Parties assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Released Parties are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this Competition. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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Privacy: By entering this Competition, entrants agree and consent that any information provided upon entering may be used by Sponsors in accordance with their respective Privacy Policies located at dwell.com/privacy and coolcapitals.com/info/privacy. If you do not want your information used in this manner, do not enter this Competition.
