TERMS & CONDITIONS

Organizer

• The LMS Folder Design Competition is hosted by the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (hereafter “LMS”) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (hereafter “PolyU”).
• By joining the Competition, participants will be deemed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions contained hereinafter and LMS reserves the right to exclude any entry from the Competition at any time if it has reasons to believe that a participant has breached the rules.

Eligibility

• The Competition is open to all LMS students (including undergraduate and postgraduate), alumni and staff.
• Members of the Judging Panel are not eligible to join the Competition.
• LMS has the final decision on the eligibly of the participants.

Competition Period

• The Competition will only accept entries submitted from 5 September 2016 to 15 November 2016 (both days inclusive). Late submission will not be accepted.

Entry Submission

• All entries must comply with the submission requirements and formats as stated below, failing which, LMS reserves the right to disqualify the participant at any stage of the Competition.

Submission Method

• All entries must be the original work of the participant. The participant must be the sole owner of the entire copyright in all entries entered.
• All entries must not have been submitted for any other competition or provided to any party for any purpose before submitting to us.
• All participants in the Competition are on a voluntary basis. LMS will be exempted from all legal liability, compensation and responsibility that may be caused by the competition and/or the prize.
• Submitted entries will not be returned to participants and will be properly destroyed one month after all Competition-related activities ends.
• The decision of LMS in all matters relating to this Competition, including whether the winning submission be adopted is final.

Use of personal information Intellectual Property rights

• Any information supplied by the participants for the purpose of the Competition will be treated as confidential, and will not be released by LMS and any third parties without the participant's permission. Personal information of participants will only be used for communications regarding the submission and selection and otherwise to the extent necessary for administrative matters for the selection.

Intellectual Property rights

• All participants who submit entries to the Competition, agree to assign the intellectual property rights of the winning designs to LMS.
• All submissions must be original and free from infringement of any existing intellectual property rights.
• The participant shall bear full legal and related responsibilities arising from any possible breach of intellectual property rights in respect of their entries, and shall indemnify LMS and other concerned parties against any claims and liabilities arising from any such breach.
• If a participant is found to have disposed of to a third party, such as by assignment, transfer or provision as security, or is making application or registration procedures, etc., for all or any part of the intellectual property rights or any other rights concerning the submitted entry after the submission, the submission may be made invalid.
• When the design is adopted, LMS reserves the right to modify the winning design and/or develop different versions of the design with relation to its colours, size, form, resolution and all other features, with or without the consent of the creator of the winning entry.
• By joining the Competition, the participants agree to accept that LMS has the right to display or publish selected designs from the Competition for the following purposes: (i) printed publication; (ii) online publication; and (iii) promotion of PolyU in any other media.