Creative Catalyst Competition Official Rules

Participation in the Creative Catalyst Competition (the “Contest”) constitutes Contestant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules. Contest is sponsored by IHAVEANIDEA, 7 Rue Notre Dame West, Montreal, QC, Canada, H2Y 1S5 (“Sponsor”).

Terms and Conditions

1. Timing
Contest begins on April 16th, 2010 and ends at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on May 12th, 2010. All entries must be submitted no later than this date and time.

2. Eligibility
Contest is open to residents of the United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Australia, who are 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, its affiliates, and legal advisors, the judging panel, and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of such persons are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

Additionally, projects that are funded or sponsored by Sponsor or Adobe Systems Incorporated (“Adobe”) or designed specifically for Sponsor or Adobe are not eligible to participate in the Contest. All federal, state, provincial, autonomous, and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited.

3. Judging
Each entry must meet the requirements, as specified below in Section 4. Any non-conforming entries will be disqualified. Altered, defaced, mutilated, illegible, or incomplete entries are not eligible and will result in disqualification of entry. Entries that contain any content that is pornographic in nature, lewd, or sexually explicit, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, will be disqualified. After each entry is screened for compliance with the entry requirements, it will be judged by a panel of judges made up of creative directors from the Host Agencies of participating Portfolio Night 8 cities. The judges’ decisions are final and binding.

The Competition will have one Gold Prize winner, two Silver Prize winners and three Bronze Prizes winners as determined by the judges.

Winners will be selected as a result the the amalgamated points of all Judges. All point calculations will be kept confidential.

4. How To Enter
All entrants must create a website component, widget, or project for his or her portfolio that helps better tell a brand’s story and engage with its audience.

• One entry per individual
• Each entry submitted must have been created using Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5, although other programs may be used in conjunction with Flash Catalyst
• Each entrant must host their entry on an accessible website. The entry must remain accessible until May 21st, 2010
• Each entrant must submit their entry in the form of an email addressed to nat@ihaveanidea.org with the subject line “Creative Catalyst Competition”. Each entry must include the entrant’s name, Portfolio Night 8 city, home address, telephone number, email address, a brief description of the entry and the entry’s Silver Prize and Bronze prize choice.
• All work must be original (no plagiarized images, text, or other content).
• No projects containing pornography or other offensive materials as solely determined by Sponsor will be considered for an award.

Any entry not complying with the above entry requirements will not be eligible for consideration or any prize. Each entry will only be recognized once. If the same or similar entry is submitted by two independent entrants, at Sponsor’s discretion the entry and each entrant will be at risk of being disqualified from the contest. Sponsor accepts no responsibility for entries that are not made easily accessible for judging.

5. Copyright Ownership
By submitting an entry by a sole creator to a category, Contestant warrants that Contestant is the sole designer, creator, and owner of the artwork, including all visual and auditory components, or has permission to use copyrighted components, and further warrants that the artwork does not contain information considered by Contestant’s place of business or any other third party to be confidential.

6. Prizes
There are six prizes available to be won:

One (1) Gold Prize: Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Master Collection. Prize Value: $2,599.00 USD
Two (2) Silver Prizes: Winner chooses between Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Design Premium, Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Production Premium or Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Design Premium. Prize Value: $1699–$1899 USD
Three (3) Bronze Prizes: Winner chooses between Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended, Adobe® Illustrator® CS5, Adobe® InDesign® CS5, Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™ CS5, Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5, Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 or Adobe® Fireworks® CS5. Prize Value: $299–$999 USD

Because this is a contest of skill, winning is dependent upon the quality of entries received. All prizes will be awarded unless there are fewer eligible entries than prizes, or the judges determine that the quality of entries does not warrant a prize. No alternative prize, cash, or other substitution is allowed except by Sponsor in the event of prize unavailability. Prizes are non-assignable/non-transferable. All federal, state, provincial, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

7. Finalist Notification

Entries will be judged between May 13th, 2010 and May 18th, 2010. Winners will be notified by e-mail or telephone on May 19th, 2010 to confirm attendance at Portfolio Night 8 on May 20th, 2010. Finalists will be notified that they have been nominated for placement but will not know what their winning placement is until the actual event. If a selected Finalist cannot or does not attend Portfolio Night 8, or fails
to comply with any term or condition of these Official Rules, prize may be forfeited and an alternate Finalist may be selected. Finalists may be required to sign and return a liability release, declaration of eligibility, license agreement, or, where lawful, a publicity consent agreement.

8. General Terms and Conditions

Neither Sponsor nor Adobe are responsible for, nor shall be liable for: (i) lost, late, delayed, damaged, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, or misdirected entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind (iii) failed, incomplete, partial, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of a prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of a prize, or from participation in the Contest; (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest; (vii) any regional, state, autonomous, or local laws or regulations violated during the creation of the entries by the Contestant(s). Sponsor reserves the right to suspend, cancel, or modify the Contest if fraud or technical failure corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion. Each Contestant agrees to release and hold Sponsor harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions of any kind in connection with the Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, property damage, and claims based upon intellectual property infringement, publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Each Contestant agrees that Sponsor’s only obligation is to submit entries from eligible Contestants to the judges according to the procedures and criteria set forth in these Official Rules, and award the prizes set forth herein to winners, subject to the terms and conditions herein. Contestant agrees that Sponsor’s obligation is fair and adequate consideration for any entry submitted, and that Contestant is not entitled to and shall not seek any further compensation.

Each Contestant agrees that if his or her entry is selected as a winning entry, as a condition of receiving a prize, Contestant shall sign a license agreement granting to Adobe a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, modify for purposes of publicly performing and publicly displaying, and prepare derivative works based upon winner’s entry, for the purposes of advertising and promoting Adobe products. To the extent that such a perpetual license is ineffective or unenforceable, Contestant shall sign a license agreement providing to Adobe a royalty-free, non-exclusive, two-year (2), worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, modify for purposes of publicly performing and publicly displaying, and prepare derivative works based upon winner’s Creative Catalyst Competition] entry, for the purposes of advertising and promoting Adobe products. Each Contestant further agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate such license.

Each Contestant agrees that by submitting a [CONTEST NAME] entry, he or she allows the use of his or her personal data, name, likeness, and/or voice in publicity or advertising relating to the Contest without compensation. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of Contestant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California. Where permitted by law, Contestant agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, other than the administration of the Contest or the determination of winners, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California (San Jose Division) or the appropriate California State Court located in Santa Clara County, California.

9. Winners List

Winners will be posted on the Portfolio Night 8 website, www.portfolionight.com after May 20th, 2010.