Official
Rules for the Intel® vPro™ Technology Innovation Contest
These rules (including the www.intel.com Privacy
Notice and Terms of Use)
(the Rules) govern the Intel® vPro™
Technology Innovation contest (the “contest”) and set out the terms and
conditions between Intel Corporation and its affiliates (“Intel” or “us/we”)
and each participant (“participant” or “you”).
A submission to this contest constitutes your acceptance of these Rules.
1.
How to Enter: Intel Corporation, (the “Sponsor”) is offering Intel®
vPro™ Technology Innovation contest (the “Contest”) and will award
prizes based on the results of judging all valid entries against the criteria
established in these Official Contest Rules (the “Rules”). To enter, fill out the official entry form located at http://vProinnovation.com
("entry form"), including a link to an original video (posted on a public site of
the submitter's choice) demonstrating an innovative application or usage of one
or more Intel vPro™ capabilities between 12:00AM PDT Oct 4, 2010 and 11:59PM PDT Jan
17, 2011 (“contest
period”).
2.
Eligibility: Contest is open to legal residents of the United States and who have had internet access prior to 4 Oct 2010.
All national and local laws and regulations
apply. Contestants must be 18 years of
age or older. Employees, officers and
representatives (and members of their immediate families and those living in
the same household of each) of Intel Corporation, its parents, subsidiaries and
affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies and any company
involved in the design, execution, production or judging of this promotion
(“contest entities”) are ineligible. Void where prohibited.
3.
Entry Requirements: The entry form must be completed in its entirety. The video must be posted on a publicly
accessible site which does not require any identification or credential to
access and must be accessible from submittal through 11:59PM PDT Feb 15th. Video must be no longer than 3 minutes in
length and be of sufficient video quality to allow viewers to hear and see the
information clearly. The video needs to
include a demonstration and explanation of the innovative use of one or more of
Intel's differentiating vPro™ capabilities ("Intel vPro™
capabilities") in virtualization, energy efficient performance, manageability,
and/or security (using technologies such as AMT, VT, TXT, AT, and AESNI. See http://www.intelbusinesspctools.com) for videos/information of these
technologies. Please include how the Intel vPro™ capability is being used and why you
feel this is an innovative solution. The
video and the entry form must be in English to facilitate the judging process.
More than one entry is acceptable.
All video
submissions must be free from any third-party obligations including any
third-party content, including but not limited to trademark, copyright or other
IP. It is the entrant's sole
responsibility to secure properly executed and valid releases, including
permissions from any individuals, companies, talent, property owner, or vendors
whose image appears or voice is heard in the video submission. Failure to
secure all necessary third-party permissions will render your entry ineligible.
Intel may in its sole discretion ask an entrant to provide copies of all
relevant releases. In addition, a video submission shall be void if it includes
any endorsements or so-called "commercial tie-ins", infringes the
intellectual property rights of a third party, or if it contains any material
which Sponsor in its sole discretion deems patently offensive or having
explicit and gratuitous violence, nudity or sexual content which, might subject
Intel to unfavorable regulatory action, violate any law, infringe the rights of
any person, or may subject Intel to liability for any reason.
Intel may at
its sole discretion ask an entrant to provide evidence of the functionality of
the demonstration, including code, for the sole purpose of verifying Intel
vPro™ features are being used in the video.
Videos which
do not meet all of the requirements identified herein are ineligible.
4.
Judging: Ongoing
review of entries will occur during the contest period and final judging will
be completed on or about Jan 18th, 2011 by a panel comprised of
Intel vPro Engineers appointed by Intel Corporation. Judges will evaluate all eligible submissions
on the following criteria: Degree to which Intel vPro™ capabilities are
employed, uniqueness of the innovation, and breadth of applicability. Judges' decisions are final. You may withdraw
your submission at any time by notifying Sponsor. If
a submission is withdrawn your right to win a prize is terminated.
5.
Ownership and Publicity: Sponsor does not
claim ownership of your video; but by submitting an entry, you are granting Sponsor
and its affiliated companies the following worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty-free, unconditional, fully paid-up rights: (1) to make,
have made, use, copy, reproduce, modify, and create derivative works of the video,
(2) to publicly perform or display, import, broadcast, transmit, distribute
(directly and indirectly through multiple tiers), license, offer to sell and
sell, rent, lease, or lend copies of the video (and derivative works thereof),
(3) to sublicense to third parties the foregoing rights, including the right to
sublicense to further third parties, and (4) to publish your name or alias in
connection with this contest and your video.
Contestants
understand and agree that their submission may be posted and publicly viewable.
By providing a submission, you grant Sponsor and its affiliated companies the
right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name for promotional
purposes in promoting or publicizing the contest. Sponsor, however, does not
have any obligation to use the winning Entries for any purpose.
6.
Participant Warrants: By submitting an entry you warrant that your submission:
·
does
not contain any content that infringes on any third party intellectual Property
(IP) rights, and that you own or otherwise have all rights necessary for the
submission including any and all IP rights
·
does not disclose any information which would constitute a
violation of a confidentiality obligation;
·
does
not contain any viruses, worms, spy ware, or other components or instructions
that are malicious, deceptive, or designed to limit or harm the functionality
of a computer; and
·
is
not subject to license terms that require any software or documentation
incorporating or being derived from your contributions to be licensed to
others.
7.
Prizes: Grand
prize will be awarded to the winner determined by the judging: The winner will
be given an American Express Gift Card valued at $4000.00 and will also receive a chance to do some co-marketing with Intel! For our
two runners up, you will be given an Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ Laptop valued at
~$900.00. Gift card will be fulfilled on or before Feb 15, 2011. Sponsor will
not be responsible for booking any travel logistics for any co-marketing
opportunities. Sponsor at its sole discretion may also feature the winner's
innovation on the Intel vPro™ Technology Community Sites for industry exposure
and recognition. Limit of one prize per submission. Grand prize and the two runner up winners
will be notified via e-mail at the address provided on the entry form within 2 days from judging. If after seven (7) days from notification no
acknowledgement or response is received, the prize is forfeited and Sponsor will
select another winner.
The
winner may be required to complete an Eligibility Confirmation and a
Liability/Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law). The Confirmation and the
Release must be returned within ten (10) days of receipt of these
documents. Non-compliance with any of
these requirements may result in disqualification, in which case an alternate
winner may be chosen.
Contest
winners' name will be available at http://vProinnovation.com and vPro expert center on or about Feb
15th, 2011. Honorable mention
submittals may also be posted at this site at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
Substitution
or transfer of Prizes is not allowed, and Prizes may not be redeemed for
cash. If a Prize becomes unavailable or
is prohibited by law Sponsor may at its sole discretion award a substitute
prize of equal or greater value. The winner accepts responsibility for all
federal, state and local taxes and fees in connection with the prizes.
Apart from
prizes offered as part of the contest, no monetary compensation will be paid
for any of your contest submissions. Intel is
not responsible for contest entries not received due to lost, failed, delayed
or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or other electronic
malfunctions. Intel is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry
information, whether caused by you or any other persons or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest.
8.
Sponsor’s Warranties and Disclaimers: Sponsor does not provide any warranty on the
prize, and winner should look solely to manufacturer or company providing the
actual service (including but not limited to the airline and hotel used in
fulfillment of the prize) for warranty. To the fullest extent allowable by law, Sponsor specifically
disclaims any representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the
contest or the prizes including any implied warranty of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose and implied warranties arising from course of
dealing or course of performance.
9.
Release of Liability and Issues of Law: By participating, all
entrants release Sponsor, its affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers,
directors, agents, employees and all entities associated with the development
and execution of this promotion from any and all liability with respect to and
in any way arising from participating in this promotion, acceptance or use of
prizes. Entrants also agree that Sponsor,
its affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees
and all entities associated with the development and execution of this
promotion are not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an
entrant's or third person's computer related to or resulting from the Contest,
the submission and/or its prizes. Sponsor
is not liable for damage to a user's computer system (including, without
limitation, any server failure or lost, delayed or corrupted data or other
malfunction) due, either directly or indirectly, to an entrant's participation
in the Contest or downloading of information in connection with the
Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to
modify or cancel the Contest in the event that any portion of any website used
to administer any aspect of the Contest becomes technically corrupted.
Sponsor
assumes 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. Sponsor is
not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone
network or telephone lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers,
computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by
Intel on account of technical problems, human error 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 relating to or
resulting from participation in this contest or downloading any materials in
this contest
All
Federal, state and local laws and regulations are applicable. THE
Sponsor’s
entire liability and your sole and exclusive remedy will be limited to a
distribution of the equivalent amount of prizes as set forth above. By
participating in the contest, you waive any and all rights to bring any claim
or action related to such matters in any forum beyond one (1) year after the
first occurrence of the kind of act, event, condition or omission upon which
the claim or action is based.
10.
Generally:
Sponsors may make changes to these rules at any time without notice to
you. The most current version of the rules will be available at http://vProinnovation.com. Contributing to the contest or accepting prizes will
constitute acceptance of the revised rules.
These rules prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with
any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials.
If, for reasons beyond Sponsor’s control (including, but not limited to,
tampering or computer virus infection), the contest is not capable of running
as originally planned, Intel, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to
cancel or modify the Contest, without liability. Intel will not be responsible for lost, late,
misdirected, damaged, or illicit submissions, or for Internet, computer
hardware and software, phone, and other technical errors, omissions
malfunctions, and delays. Entries are void if they contain material typographical
or other errors. All entrants agree to
comply fully with each provision in these Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any
way tamper with this Contest and any person who does not comply with these
Rules, will be ineligible for any prize(s) and may be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
11.
For any feedback or questions regarding the contest or
the prizes you can contact Intel by participating in the contest discussion
forum at http://vproinnovation.com.
12.
The Sponsor of this contest is Intel Corporation. The contest is
administered by:
Intel® Corporation/1900 Prairie City Rd.,
Folsom, Ca., 95630/916.356.7944 or sarah.e.wick@intel.com