SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

ABOUT SUBMISSIONS

• •Submissions must be the original work of the entrant. Submissions cannot have been made public (in Japan or overseas) before or concurrent to this contest.
• •Submitted works cannot have been entered into other competitions. Submissions may not be displayed publicly without the agreement of the contest organizer.
• •The organizer shall not be held responsible for any expenses incurred with the entry of works withdrawn. The contest organizer will exercise due care in the handling and transportation of works submitted. However, the contest organizer shall not be liable for any damage or loss resulting from natural disasters or other unexpected events.
• •Works (including Presentation Sheets and Models) submitted shall belong to the contest organizer and shall not be returned. The contest organizer retains all rights related to contest exhibition or publication of submitted Works.
• •Entrants shall take full responsibility for their submission. The contest organizer shall bear no responsibility. If a submitted work falls under any of the following cases, the work falls outside the scope of judging. The contest organizer cannot respond to inquiries regarding the reasons, etc.
  1. Works that could violate any rights of specific characters or entertainers, or works that infringe upon a third party’s rights including copyrights, etc.
  2. Works that jeopardize others’ reputation or credibility,cause trouble, or otherwise violate laws and ordinances, and works that the contest organizer has judged to pose a risk thereof.
  3. Works that include discriminatory expressions, expressions that slander a third party or their products, cause feelings of disgust, or undermine public order and morals, and works that the contest organizer has judged to fall under such a description.
  4. Works that include advertisements, publicity, sales activities, ideologies, religious recruitment, or similar expressions.
  5. Works that include personal information including names, addresses, etc.
  6. Other than the above, works that the contest organizer has judged to be outside the scope of judging on the basis that they do not fit the intent of the award, etc.
  7. Works that include activities that could preclude this award or damage the credibility of this award.
  8. Any other works that are judged inappropriate by the contest organizer.
• •In the process of judging, productizing the winning work or applying for various rights, we may inquire about entries from the applicants.

ABOUT ENTRANTS’ RIGHTS, ETC.

• •The contest organizer recommends all entrants take steps to protect their rights as necessary.
• •Worldwide rights related to patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, or copyrights (including rights specified in Article 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act of Japan) for winning submissions shall reside with the contest organizer for any works selected for awards (winning submissions). The entrant agrees not to exercise his/her rights to such works for winning submissions. Payment for the transfer of said rights from the entrant to the contest organizer shall be deemed as made in the form of contest prize money.
• •All rights (intellectual property rights, etc.) and obligations related to works not selected for awards shall, as a rule, reside with the related entrant.
• •An award given to any winning submitted work with the same (or very similar) design as an article made public may be withdrawn at any time, even after winners have been announced. The foregoing also applies to any submitted works that infringe on the intellectual property rights of a third party, either prior to, concurrent with, or subsequent to submission.
• •Entries other than award-winning works may be posted on the Award website or promotional materials after confirming with the applicant in advance.

ABOUT COMPETITIVE CONCEPT

• •Entrants shall consent in advance that there are cases that the contest organizer or the affiliate company has already developed the same or partly same concept, idea, or designs, etc. (“Organizer’s Concept”) independent of the entrant’s submitted work, and has already started product planning and development at the time the entrant submitted their work.
• •In the above mentioned cases, submitted works that were not selected for an award include those that had the same or partly same concept, idea, or designs, etc. as that of the Organizer’s Concept. In these cases, the organizer and the affiliate company shall not be restricted with regard to the product planning and development, manufacturing and sales of said product for business purposes, acquisition of intellectual property rights in relation to these activities, etc.

PRIVACY POLICY

Personal information received from entrants will be managed according to the “Personal Information Protection Policy” of KOKUYO Co., Ltd. and of AXIS Inc. which serves as the managing office for this contest. Personal information will be used for the purposes of running this contest, for sending information, for statistical analysis, and also for sending notices related to this award’s schedule and other related events, etc. Non-identifiable personal information may be shared with group companies.

Others

• •In principle, entrants shall bear all expenses needed for entries.
• •In any other case that has not been stated in these Rules, decisions shall be made according to the contest organizer’s judgment. Entrants can withdraw their submission in cases which that they cannot consent to the content of these Rules. However, the contest organizer shall not bear any expense that was spent for entries.
• •Entrants (if an entrant is a minor, including their parent or other statutory agent) are deemed to have consented to the Rules when they submit an entry. However, in cases when a minor wins an award, their parent or other statutory agent is required to submit a separate letter of consent in regard to these Rules.
• •If an award winner is found to be violating these Rules after the announcement of winning works, their award may be withdrawn.
• •These Rules shall be governed by the Japanese Law, and the Tokyo District Court shall be the agreed court of exclusive jurisdiction in the first instance with regard to any disputes regarding these Rules.