Please Read This Carefully! You and The Rockefeller Foundation are agreeing to a Challenge-Specific Competitor Agreement for this particular Rockefeller Foundation Challenge only. This Rockefeller Foundation Challenge requires that you accept these special terms, so please take the time to understand them.
If you click "I agree" and proceed to register for this Rockefeller Foundation Challenge, this Challenge-Specific Agreement ("CSA") will be a valid and binding agreement between you and The Rockefeller Foundation and in addition to the existing HeroX Terms of Use for all purposes relating to this Rockefeller Foundation Challenge. Please print and keep a copy of this CSA. No provisions you may have agreed to that are specific to any other individual Rockefeller Foundation Challenge will apply.
Submissions. As a Competitor, you may submit to The Rockefeller Foundation your Submission for the Rockefeller Foundation Storytelling Challenge to which this CSA relates. By submitting your Submission you thereby agree to provide reasonable assistance and additional information concerning your Submission to The Rockefeller Foundation, if requested.
Acceptance of Submission and License to Use. The Rockefeller Foundation will notify you if your Submission has been selected by The Rockefeller Foundation for an Award according to the Challenge Schedule set forth in the Challenge Guidelines. The Rockefeller Foundation will judge all Submissions against the criteria set out in the Challenge Guidelines and determine, in its sole discretion, which Submission best addresses the Challenge Guidelines. The Rockefeller Foundation has absolute and sole discretion to determine whether to accept your Submission, or any Submission, and whether to make an Award, multiple Awards or any Award. The meeting of the Challenge Guidelines does not automatically mean that the Submission will be eligible for an Award. Submissions must NOT contain or include ideas, concepts, solutions or technology in respect of which a third party owns or controls the intellectual property. Submissions and descriptions thereof may not include trademarks or trade names of corporations or entities without the permission of their owners. By entering, you represent and warrant that:
your entire Submission is an original work by you and you have not included third-party content (such as writing, text, graphics, artwork, logos, photographs, dialogue from plays, likeness of any third party, musical recordings, clips of videos, television programs or motion pictures) in or in connection with your Submission, unless (a) otherwise requested by The Rockefeller Foundation and/or disclosed by you in your Submission, and (b) you have either obtained the rights to use such third-party content or the content of the Submission is considered in the public domain without any limitations on use;
no person or entity other than you has any right, title or interest in any part of your Submission;
unless otherwise disclosed in the Submission, the use thereof by The Rockefeller Foundation, or the exercise by The Rockefeller Foundation of any of the rights granted by you under this Agreement, does not and will not infringe or violate any rights of any third party or entity, including, without limitation patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, defamation, privacy, publicity, false light, misappropriation, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, confidentiality, or any contractual or other rights;
you have all the rights, licenses, permissions and consents necessary to submit the Submission and to grant all of the rights that you have granted to The Rockefeller Foundation hereunder, including the right for The Rockefeller Foundation to use and develop derivative works of and from the Submission;
all persons who were engaged by you to work on the Submission or who appear in the Submission in any manner have:
given you their express written consent to submit the Submission for unlimited, royalty-free use, exhibition and other exploitation in any manner and in any and all media, whether now existing or hereafter discovered, throughout the world, in perpetuity;
provided written permission to include their name, image or pictures in or with your Submission (or if a minor who is not your child, you must have the permission of their parent or legal guardian) and you may be asked by The Rockefeller Foundation to provide permission in writing;
no claims for payment of any kind, including, without limitation, for royalties or residuals, has no approval or consultation rights or any rights of participation arising out of any use, exhibition or other exploitation of the Submission; and
not been and are not currently under any union or guild agreement that results in any ongoing obligations resulting from the use, exhibition or other exploitation of the Submission; and
you understand, recognize and accept that The Rockefeller Foundation has access to, may create or has created materials and ideas which may be similar or identical to the Submission in concept, theme, idea, format or other respects. You acknowledge and agree that The Rockefeller Foundation shall have the right to use such same or similar materials, and that you will not be entitled to any compensation arising from The Rockefeller Foundation's use of such materials. In the event that your entry is identical or similar to the Submission of another Competitor, The Rockefeller Foundation reserves the right, at the sole discretion of The Rockefeller Foundation, to either score one Submission higher than the other subject to the Challenge Guidelines or to randomly choose a Submission from all of those submitted which respond to the Challenge Guidelines.
By entering, you agree that: (i) all Submissions become The Rockefeller Foundation's property and will not be returned; and (iii) The Rockefeller Foundation and its licensees, successors and assigns have the right to use any and all Submissions, and the names, likenesses, voices and images of all persons appearing in the Submission, for future advertising, promotion and publicity in any manner and in any medium now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity.
ALL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, IF ANY, IN THE IDEA, CONCEPT, OR ACTIVITIES DEMONSTRATED BY THE SUBMISSION WILL REMAIN WITH THE COMPETITOR. BY SUBMITTING A SUBMISSION TO THIS CHALLENGE, EACH COMPETITOR AGREES TO GRANT TO THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION A ROYALTY FREE, NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE IN RESPECT OF ALL SUCH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, IF ANY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF THE IDEA OR CONCEPT DEMONSTRATED BY THE SUBMISSION. NOTWITHSTANDING GRANTING THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE FOR THE SUBMISSION, THE COMPETITOR RETAINS OWNERSHIP OF THE SUBMISSION.
Please also be aware that your Submission may not be acknowledged and will not be received or held "in confidence" and your Submission does not create a confidential relationship or obligation of secrecy between you and any of the entities involved in this Challenge.
Other Contracts, Confidentiality, and Indemnification. You agree that you will not disclose to The Rockefeller Foundation, any information which you are under an existing contractual or other legal obligation to maintain in confidence or otherwise do not have the right to sell or license. You agree that you will not discuss any confidential information of your own, other parties, or Rockefeller Foundation unless you are specifically using the HeroX website to do so. Should your participation in the Challenge be found to breach legal obligations you may have with other third parties or in the event of a breach of the confidentiality obligations in this Section 3, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Rockefeller Foundation, its and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, from and against all claims, actions or demands, liabilities, and settlements, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising in connection with such unauthorized and prohibited disclosure.
Changes and Cancellation. The Rockefeller Foundation has the right to make updates and/or make any changes to, or to modify the scope of the Challenge Guidelines, Challenge Schedule, and Award Criteria at any time during the Challenge. Competitors are responsible for regularly reviewing the Challenge site to ensure you are meeting all rules and requirements of the Challenge. The Rockefeller Foundation has the right to cancel the Challenge at any time, without warning or explanation, and to subsequently remove the Award completely.
GENERAL CONDITIONS. The Rockefeller Foundation has the right to verify each Competitor's eligibility and compliance with this CSA. The Rockefeller Foundation has the right to enforce the terms and conditions hereof directly against you. Participation is conditioned on providing the data required in the online registration form. Competitors should direct any request to access, update, or correct information to The Rockefeller Foundation. The Rockefeller Foundation is not responsible for human error, theft, destruction, or damage to Submissions, or other factors beyond its reasonable control.
Competitors should not register with multiple e-mail and/or street addresses. In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the person who submitted the Submission. The authorized "account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
Competitor is responsible for any related costs to complete activities related to solving the challenge;
Competitor is responsible for obeying any local, national, and international laws in undertaking any activities related to solving the challenge;
Competitor is responsible for obtaining any insurance related to activities performed to solve the challenge;
Competitor is responsible for truthful representation of all activities undertaken to solve the challenge; The Rockefeller Foundation reserves the right, at any time, to verify such activities;
Competitor is responsible for maintaining accurate records and truthfulness of metrics, or impact related to activities undertaken to solve the challenge; The Rockefeller Foundation is not responsible for calculating results, but reserves the right, at any time, to verify such information;
Competitor is responsible for completing registration and submitting Submissions by the dates outlined in the Challenge Guidelines; The Rockefeller Foundation is not required to accept late registrations or late Submissions;
The Rockefeller Foundation is not liable for any activities undertaken to solve the challenge;
The Rockefeller Foundation has the right to disqualify an individual from the challenge at any time.
Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that:
All information provided by you regarding yourself and, if applicable, your business ("Competitor Information") is true, accurate, current, and complete information and you will maintain and update the Competitor Information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
If you are an individual representing a business or other entity, you are authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of that business or entity.
Unless otherwise disclosed in the Submission, you are the owner of the Submission and the Submission does not infringe or violate any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark or other third-party intellectual property right.
You have the right to grant the license in the Submission as required by Section 2 of this CSA.
Conflict. In the case of any conflict between the terms of this CSA and the Terms of Use, this CSA controls.
Governing Law. This Challenge shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A. without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions.
