SCOTTeVES NEW LOGO CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
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1. Eligibility.
[NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.] Only legal U.S. residents* at least 18 years of age who reside in and who are physically located in the U.S. (excluding its territories and possessions) are eligible to enter the "DESIGN SCOTTeVEST’s NEW LOGO" (the "Contest"). Contestants ages 18-21 may be required to have their parent or guardian's permission to enter as described below. Employees, agents or officers of SCOTTeVEST, INC. or of any entity involved in the development, production, implementation and distribution of the Contest, including any advertising or promotion agency, supplier of prizes for the Contest, parent company, service provider, subsidiary or affiliate of any such entity or any other entity directly associated with the Contest (hereinafter the "Contest Entities") or any member of the immediate family of and/or person living in the same household as such persons, are ineligible to enter the Contest. *Amended on August 10, 2004: Due to overwhelming responses from non-US residents, we decided to open the contest to same; provided they agree to waive any laws that may go beyond US laws described herein, and otherwise agree to be bound by the rules contained herein.

2. Entries.
(a) To enter the Contest you must email (i) your name, mailing address, phone number, and birthdate (including age), (ii) the text that states "I have READ and AGREE to the Official Rules of the Design SCOTTeVEST’s New Logo Contest", (iii) a high-resolution, print-quality SCOTTeVEST logo submission as an .eps, .ai, or .tif formated file as further described below (a "Logo") to the following email address: logo@scottevest.com. Failure to include the text in (ii) above shall not disqualify your entry necessarily, as your submission implies that you have agreed to all of the rules.

Contest begins on August 5, 2004 at 1:00PM, Eastern Time. All entries must be received by September 30, 2004 before 12:00 AM, Eastern Time. Each entry form must be signed electronically by all persons who appear in or have contributed to the production of the SCOTTeVEST Logo. Only one Entry per person. If multiple entries are received by the same entrant, only the first Entry submitted by that entrant will qualify for entry in the Contest; subsequent entries submitted by that entrant shall be disqualified. Each entry must, however, have at least one (1) valid email account in order to qualify. By entering, entrants agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges and these Official Rules and to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. SCOTTeVEST and those working for SCOTTeVEST or on the behalf of SCOTTeVEST, will not be responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, or postage due mail or e-mail, or for Internet, computer hardware and software, phone, and other technical errors, malfunctions, and delays. Entries which are mutilated, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, forged, irregular in any way, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules are also void. In the event of a dispute concerning who submitted an e-mail entry, the Entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized holder of the e-mail account from which the Entry is made. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person to whom an email address is assigned by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

(b) Each entry form must be accompanied by the following: Variations of the Logo "SCOTTeVEST" in accordance with the Guidelines. Such validly and properly submitted Logo accompanied by your name, mailing address, phone number, birthdate (including age), social security number, and the text that states "I have READ and AGREE to the Official Rules of the Design SCOTTeVEST’s New Logo Contests" is hereinafter referred to as an "Entry". Each submission must be wholly original and created entirely by you and must not incorporate or include anything that is owned by any third party or would require the consent of any third party and your submission must not violate any law or the copyright, trademark, publicity right, privacy right or any other right of any third party.

(c) NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

3. Our Right to Use Your Work and Information About You.
(a) Entries and other submitted material become the property of SCOTTeVEST and will not be acknowledged or returned. By submitting an Entry: (a) you represent and warrant that your Entry is wholly original and does not incorporate or include anything that is owned by any third party and does not violate any copyright, trademark, publicity right, or any other right of any third party; (b) you agree that your Entry shall be a "work made for hire," with all rights therein, including, without limitation, the exclusive copyright, being the property of SCOTTeVEST; and (c) in the event your Entry is considered not to be a "work made for hire," you irrevocably assign to SCOTTeVEST all right, title, and interest in your Entry (including, without limitation, the copyright) in any and all media whether now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, anywhere in the world, with the right to make any and all uses thereof, including, without limitation, for purposes of advertising or trade. You represent and warrant that (i) YOU OWN AND/OR CONTROL ONE HUNDRED (100%) PERCENT OF ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO THE CONTENT AND ALL ELEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN (II) the Content does not and shall not infringe on any copyright or any other third party right nor violate any applicable law or regulation, (III) you have the right to grant any and all necessary rights and licenses provided herein, including without limitation, all necessary copyright and other related rights to the Content, free and clear of all claims and encumbrances without violating the rights of any person or entity, including any right to privacy or publicity. You hereby hold SCOTTeVEST harmless from and against any third party claim arising from use of the Content. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses. You hereby represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and that you have read this release and are fully familiar with its contents.

(b) By submitting an Entry, you grant to SCOTTeVEST and its affiliated companies the right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name, likeness, picture, address (city and state), e-mail address, voice, biographical information, submission/Entry and written or oral statements, for advertising and promotional purposes in promoting or publicizing SCOTTeVEST and its products or services, without compensation unless required by law. You shall have no right of approval, no claim to compensation, and no claim (including, without limitation, claims based on invasion of privacy, defamation, or right of publicity) arising out of any use, blurring, alteration, or use in composite form of your name, picture, likeness, address (city and state), e-mail address, biographical information, or entry. The rights granted under this paragraph shall extend to SCOTTeVEST and its affiliated companies with respect to all entrants in the Contest, including those entrants who are selected as winners and those entrants who are not selected as winners. SCOTTeVEST is under no obligation to use the winning Entries for any purpose.

4. Selection of Winner(s) / Prize(s).
(a) All entries will be judged by a panel of judges who will judge the entries on the basis of the following criteria: originality (25%), creativity (25%), concept (25%), and presentation (25%). A "Qualifed Entry" is an Entry that receives a minimum score of at least 70 out of a possible 100. In the event of a tie, the Winner shall be the person whose Qualified Entry receives the higher score on originality. Subject to receipt of a sufficient number of Qualified Entries, there will be one (1) winner(s) of the Contest. Winner(s) will be selected on or about September 30, 2004. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Entries received. The decision of the judges shall be final and binding in all regards. Winner[s] will be notified by telephone or email, and may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release (and any other documents required by SCOTTeVEST, INC.), within five (5) days of notification. The Affidavit of Eligibility must be complete and must include each winner’s social security or resident alien identification number. The information in winner’s Affidavit of Eligibility must be correct and must be identical to the information provided in winner's Entry or the winner will be disqualified. If a winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize, fails to return the completed and executed documents required above, if a prize is returned as undeliverable or if a winner fails to comply with any of the provisions of these rules, such winner's prize will be forfeited. If a prize is unclaimed or forfeited it will not be awarded.

(b) The Grand Prize Winner will receive the following prizes(s): (i) $500, (ii) SCOTTeVEST of your choice, (iii) SCOTTeVEST TEC Hat, and (iii) SCOTTeVEST Gadget Tie. Taxes, fees and all other charges, if any, are the sole responsibility of winner. By accepting the prize, winner releases and discharges SCOTTeVEST, affiliated companies and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and all their respective employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents from any liability or damage due in whole or in part to the award, acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize or from participation in this Contest. Prizes are not redeemable for cash or substitutable for any other item by winners. SCOTTeVEST reserves the right to substitute a comparable prize of like or greater value for any prize, or to pay winners a cash equivalent (the value of which shall be determined by SCOTTeVEST in its sole discretion), for any reason.

(c) If, for reasons beyond the SCOTTeVEST, INC.’s control (including, but not limited to, tampering or computer virus infection or litigation with SCOTT USA), the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned, the SCOTTeVEST, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest, without liability. All taxes (including, but not limited to, income taxes) are the sole responsibility of winners. Prize winners (and parent(s) or guardian(s) of prize winners under 21) may be required to execute (and have notarized) an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and/or a Publicity Release (the "Affidavit/Release") which must be returned to and received by Sponsor within ten (10) days from winner’s receipt of the Affidavit/Release. Winners will also be required to send a copy of their passport, drivers license or birth certificate as proof of age and residency. Non-compliance with any of these requirements may result in disqualification, in which case an alternate winner may be chosen. Return of prize, prize notification, Affidavit/Release as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. All entrants agree to comply fully with each provision in these Official Rules. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Contest and any person who does not comply with these Official Rules, will be ineligible for any prize(s) and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

5. Issues of Law.
All Federal, state and local laws and regulations are applicable. THE IDAHO COURTS (STATE AND FEDERAL) SHALL HAVE SOLE JURISDICTION OF ANY CONTROVERSIES REGARDING THE CONTEST AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE CONTEST. EACH ENTRANT WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THOSE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. The Contest is void where restricted or prohibited by law.

6. Your Release of SCOTTeVEST From Any and All Liability.
Entrants agree that Contest Entities shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from: (i) acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of prize(s), (ii) participation in the Contest, (iii) individual, joint or collective technical malfunctions of the telephone network and/or transmission line, computer on-line system, computer dating mechanism, computer equipment, hardware and/or software, or (iv) any delay or distortion of an Entry resulting from data transmissions that are garbled, incomplete, misdirected, lost, mutilated, delayed, corrupted, mechanically duplicated, illegible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules. Entrants also agree that the Contest Entities 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 and/or its prizes. The Contest Entities are 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. The 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.

7. How to Get More Information
(a) To obtain a list of prize winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: "Design SCOTTeVEST’s New Logo Contest" Winners List, SCOTTeVEST, PO BOX 2626, Ketchum, Idaho, 83340. All winners’ list requests must be received by September 30, 2004. Winners’ names will also be posted on the http://www.SCOTTeVEST.com website.

The sponsor of this Contest is SCOTTeVEST, INC. Questions regarding the Contest can be directed by mail to "Design SCOTTeVEST’s New Logo Contest", SCOTTeVEST, PO BOX 2626, Ketchum, Idaho, 83340

(b) Copies of these Official Rules may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to "Design SCOTTeVEST’s New Logo Contest" Official Rules, SCOTTeVEST PO BOX 2626, Ketchum, Idaho, 83340 (WA and VT residents may omit return postage.) Requests for Official Rules must be received by August 15, 2004. All times and dates in these Official Rules are Eastern Standard Time.

8. Misc.
We reserve the right to select the winner, and incorporate various aspects of different designs submitted into the logo we select. If only portions of your design are incorporated, then it will be entirely up to us, in our sole discretion, to determine whether your efforts are entitled to any recognition or compensation. By submitting an Entry, you hereby agree to be notified of the winner via email, and to receive further email updates regarding SCOTTeVEST. However, you may unsubscribe at any time.