Open to all current members of the United Inventors Association (UIA) and their inventions protected by issued patent, pending patent, trade secret or likewise.
Contest begins on 4/20/09 and ends on 5/31/09. Entry form is available at www.absolutelynew.com/UIAcontest/entryform/. Complete entry form online and submit; or print out form and mail to AbsolutelyNew UIA Invention Contest, 650 Townsend Street, Suite 475, San Francisco, CA 94103; or print out form and fax to AbsolutelyNew UIA Invention Contest at 415-865-6210. All entry forms must be typed or neatly hand written, in English. Entrants may submit up to ten inventions as long as each product is unique and each entry is submitted separately. All mailed entries must be sent in separate envelopes, and received by 5/31/09. Entries that do not contain the required information will be ineligible. Once an entry is submitted online, by mail or by fax, it is the entrant’s sole responsibility to maintain his or her contact information with AbsolutelyNew, Inc. to be sure it is current. To update contact information, send an email to contest@absolutelynew.com. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY AND RELEASE. PARTICIPANTS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN TO ENTER AND SIGN THE REQUIRED AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY AND RELEASE. WINNERS MUST ALSO ENTER INTO AN EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH ABSOLUTELYNEW (as explained in Section 6 of these Terms and Conditions). FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES SHALL RESULT IN CONTEST INELIGIBILITY FOR THE INVENTOR.
All eligible entries will be judged by AbsolutelyNew employees and/or advisors. The criteria used to select the winner include: consumer appeal, market potential and manufacturability.
The single 1st Place winner will receive free services for his or her invention from AbsolutelyNew, as follows:
The 1st Place prize will be awarded to the top entry, provided a sufficient number of qualified entries are received. Winner will be notified by phone, mail or email.
Open to all current individual members of the UIA. Employees and agents of AbsolutelyNew, and their dependents, are not eligible. This offer is void wherever prohibited and subject to all federal, state and local laws.
By participating, entrants agree to the Official Rules and the decisions of AbsolutelyNew, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Winner will be notified by phone, mail or email. Entry materials become the property of the AbsolutelyNew and will not be acknowledged or returned. Submitted materials are subject to non-disclosure protection terms (as explained in Section 7 of these Terms and Conditions). Winning participants acknowledge and agree that their entry materials may be reproduced, promoted and publicized by AbsolutelyNew in any way AbsolutelyNew sees fit, after the intellectual property is protected. Participants hereby grant AbsolutelyNew, its licensees, and legal representatives the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to edit the entry materials, distribute, have distributed, publicly and privately display, communicate, transmit, have transmitted, and promote the entry materials (as such may be edited and modified by AbsolutelyNew in its discretion) for editorial, commercial, promotional and all other purposes. Ownership of the invention shall remain with the entrant. Acceptance of any prize constitutes permission for AbsolutelyNew to use Winner’s name, likeness, hometown and Winner’s photographs and entry submissions or a brief description of Finalists’ entry submissions, without further compensation, except where prohibited by law. Potential Finalists may be required to complete and return a PR data sheet prior to final judging in order to be considered for the 1st Place Prize. Finalists will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Assignment of Rights and a Liability/Publicity Release (where legal) and an Exclusive Marketing Agreement (the latter to be held by AbsolutelyNew in escrow) within 7 days of notification attempt or the entry will be void and an alternate Finalist will be selected, based on the Final Judging Criteria set forth above. Affidavit packages will be mailed via overnight mail with a prepaid overnight return envelope included. No responsibility is assumed for lost, misdirected, illegible, damaged, postage due or late mailed entries. AbsolutelyNew reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; violates the official rules; or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, AbsolutelyNew reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. AbsolutelyNew’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. AbsolutelyNew and each of its officers, directors, agents, and employees shall have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in this Contest or any prize awarded. Winner and entrants assume all liability for any injury or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Contest.
For Proprietary Information provided to AbsolutelyNew by entrant or on or after the submission date, AbsolutelyNew shall, for a period of two (2) years:
AbsolutelyNew shall have no confidentiality obligations with respect to Proprietary Information which:
By submitting an entry you represent and warrant that: (i) to the best of your knowledge, understanding and belief, the invention neither infringes on any patent, trademark or copyright or any other third-party right nor does it violate any applicable law or regulation, (ii) you have the right to grant any and all necessary rights and licenses provided herein, including without limitation, all necessary patent, trademark, copyright and other related rights to the invention, free and clear of all claims and encumbrances without violating the rights of any person or entity, including any right to privacy or publicity; (iii) AbsolutelyNew shall have the right of first refusal with respect to a license agreement relating to your invention; (iv) the information contained in your entry is accurate, complete and correct and represents your own new, novel invention; (v) you authorize AbsolutelyNew and its representatives to use your name, likeness, hometown and brief description of your invention when contacting the local press; (vi) you will promptly provide to AbsolutelyNew all information reasonably requested by AbsolutelyNew. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the invention or to be compensated for any such uses, except as described in Terms and Conditions section 6 above. You further understand and agree that both AbsolutelyNew and its agents are involved in the business of researching and developing many ideas for new products. AbsolutelyNew and its agents may have previously received, or may receive third-party inventions, or AbsolutelyNew may be developing an idea similar or identical to your invention. You agree that participating in the Contest will not in any way limit AbsolutelyNew’s or its agents’ right to use any such similar invention, as AbsolutelyNew or its agents deem appropriate and you will not have any claim against AbsolutelyNew and/or any of its agents with regard to any such use. By accepting a prize from AbsolutelyNew, you agree that you will not seek to sell or license your invention to any other company within six (6) months after accepting the prize, unless otherwise agreed upon with AbsolutelyNew. You hereby represent and warrant that you have read these rules and understand and are fully familiar with them and that, if necessary, you sought independent legal advice before agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. ENTRANTS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
The name of the single 1st Place winner, along with information about his or her invention, will be posted on the AbsolutelyNew website no later than 6/15/09.