The Hong Kong Computer Society

All applicants must be Hong Kong permanent residents.
All persons involved in the planning and implementation of the competition are not qualified to be the applicants. They are but not limited to: members of the Organising Committee, Assessment Team and Final Judging Panel; and immediate family members of the persons mentioned above.

All submission should be submitted to Hong Kong Computer Society at LG1, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong by post / by hand / by online application on or before 12:00 noon on 30 March 2012 (Friday).
Each submission must include the following items (application without any of these items will be disqualified):
1. Soft copy of the full colour logo in .jpg or .ai format. (max. four colours can be used)
2. Soft copy of the black and white logo in .jpg or .ai format.
3. A completed application form with signature in hard copy / A completed online application form
Submitted image shall not be less than 300dpi or shortest side less than 100mm.
To ensure fair assessment, no identity of the applicant would be allowed on the colour design page / file, the black-and-white design page / file and the description page / file.
Applicant is allowed to submit maximum two entries.
No application fee is required. The applicants are solely responsible for their own expenses in preparing the submissions.
All submissions will not be returned.
Any information supplied by the applicant for the purpose of the competition will be treated as confidential, and will not be released by HKCS and related parties without the applicant's permission.
HKCS will employ all preventive measure to ensure that all submissions are treated with proper care. However, HKCS is not responsible for any loss or damage against the submitted works.

The participants of the competition agree to assign the intellectual property right of the winning design to HKCS.
In case the winning design of the competition is selected as the logo of HKCS, HKCS may make refinement to the winning design and the winner is obliged to revise the design accordingly.

All submissions must be original and unpublished work.
Applicant will be responsible to ensure that no violation of copyrighted material is incurred. Plagiarism, intentional or not, will be disqualified from the competition.
The applicants shall bear full legal and related responsibilities arising from any possible breach of intellectual property right in respect of their entries, and shall indemnify HKCS and other concerned parties against any claims and liabilities arising from any such breach
The winning design is subject to investigations regarding originality and eligibility for trademark registration. If it does not comply with the requirement, HKCS has the discretion to forfeit the prize involved without any liability to the selected applicant or any other person, and other entries may be selected as the winning design.
HKCS at all times reserves the full right to disqualify entries that in the sole opinion of HKCS infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

The applicants are advised to retain a duplicate copy of their submissions in case of any unforeseen events which may lead to loss or damage of the entries.
The applicant shall keep the entry confidential and take such necessary steps to ensure the same is not disclosed to any third parties throughout the competition until the announcement of the result of the competition.

Once entered into the competition, it is assumed that the applicants have accepted the rules and regulations of the competition and that the rules and regulations are subject to change without prior announcement by HKCS.
The applicants accept that the decision of the Final Judging Panel will be final and binding on all parties concerned.
The applicants accept that HKCS has the full right to reject or disqualify any entry or withhold the presentation of any award to any entry.
The winner of the contest will have to provide the logo in the TIFF/PSD and EPS/AI formats. The logo will become the property of the HKCS, which will be free to use it to support any of its activities.