Adidas ® Fingerpainting Contest

Adidas Design Contest
OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
CONTEST BEGINS AT 12:00:00 AM (PT) ON April 3, 2009
AND ENDS AT 11:59:59 PM (PT) ON May 15, 2009. (THE "PROMOTION PERIOD").

1. HOW TO ENTER: Membership to www.deviantart.com (the "Contest Site") is required to enter the Contest. If Entrant is already a registered member, Entrant is not automatically entered into the Contest.

Entrant must follow the instructions on Contest Site and submit the completed entry, a piece of art that expresses the themes of "celebration" and "originality" using techniques evocative of "fingerpainting (the "Work") and incorporating the adidas "three stripes" trefoil logo ("Sponsor's Marks") and inspired by the marketing campaign for adidas Originals as shown to members of deviantART at the Contest Site. The Work must be in jpg, gif, or png file format but may originate in any medium. The adidas "three stripes" trefoil logo is made available to members of deviantART at the Contest Site. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59:59 PM (PT) ON May 15, 2009. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered entries will be accepted. Winners will be requested to provide a short biography for use by Sponsors when displaying the Work. Entrants may enter as many Works as they like, however duplicate entries are not allowed (i.e. entering the same entry into more than one category).

(a)	Do not submit original file of the Work. Entries will not be returned. You should retain and store the original file on your own.
(b)	The Work; (i)May not have been made commercially available, won any other prize/award, featured as a "Daily Deviation" or previously submitted to any other contest, (ii)must be the exclusive original work of the entrant and made for the Contest, (iii)must be in keeping with the Sponsors' image, (iv)may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, unlawful or plagiarized, as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion, (v)must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, excessively violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion, (vi)may not violate or encourage others to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vii)may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person's personal or property rights or any other third party rights, (viii)may not contain commercial/corporate advertising, including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names, and slogans, other than those relating to the Sponsors and (ix)may not include any viruses, worms, corrupt files, Trojan horses, or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Contest Site and/or the proper conduct of the Contest.
(c)	By submitting entry, entrant represents that; (i)(s)he has the unrestricted right to submit the Work; (ii)all persons whose name, voice or likeness appears in the Work ("Work Participants") have unconditionally consented in writing to their appearance in the Work and unconditionally granted entrant in writing the right to submit the Work subject to these Official Rules, a copy of which consent and grant will be furnished to the Sponsors upon request; and (iii)the Work does not infringe upon any third party's proprietary or other rights.
(d)	All Works submitted will remain the exclusive property of the entrant, provided that: (i)entrant will not acquire any ownership or other interest in any and all trademarks, logos and other intellectual property of the Sponsors (collectively "Sponsor's Marks") contained in the Work; (ii)except as expressly required in these Official Rules, entrant may not use the Sponsor Marks in any manner whatsoever in connection with the Work or otherwise without the relevant Sponsor's express prior written approval; (iii)during the Promotion Period, and for a period of one year thereafter, eligible Works may be posted at the Contest Site or otherwise displayed in selections made by Sponsor and in any form and media on or off the deviantART site in connection with promotion of the Contest and/or Sponsor's products; (iv)during the ten (10) year period immediately following the Promotion Period ( the "Display Period" ), the Sponsors may ( but will not be obligated to ) display prize winning Works in any form and media in connection with the promotion of their respective businesses; (v)the Sponsors may otherwise use prize winning Works in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the relevant entrant may approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); and (vi)entrant may not authorize or permit any prize winning Work to be used to promote any product or service of any party other than entrant and the Sponsors during the Display Period.

2. SELECTION OF WINNERS: Potential winners will be selected on or about June 16, 2009 from all eligible entries. Fifty (50) semi-finalists will be selected by full-time deviantART Community, Artist Relations and Creative Staff on the basis of Originality, Creative Interpretation of the Theme, Technical Skill, and Vibrancy. The semi-finalists will be posted in advance of final judging. The winners will be selected from the Fifty (50) semi-finalists by a judging panel consisting of adidas' Digital Marketing Manager and Head of Global Digital Marketing, and Ladyshark Media's Content Producer. The judges' decisions are final on all matters relating to the Contest. Judging of the finalists will be based on a 1-10 point system on the basis of: Originality (25%), Creative Interpretation of the Theme (25%), Technical Skill (25%), and Vibrancy (25%.) In the event of a tie, tie will be broken based on the highest score for Originality, then the highest score in Creative Interpretation of the Theme, then Technical Skill, and finally Vibrancy. Potential winners will be notified by U.S. Postal mail and/or email and/or through the deviantART internal messaging system at the Sponsor's sole discretion.

3.PRIZES: 1 (ONE) 1st Prize package, with each package consisting of the following:
Winner's entry will be on display in the adidas Originals store in New York City, New York. Winner will be invited to visit the store where their work is displayed. Airfare and/or ground transportation, as well as 2 nights accomidation, for Winner and a guest will be provided by Sponsor. Winner will also receive a $2,500 American Express gift card, a $400 adidas Gift Card, a 1 year deviantART subscription, a devWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice (depending on availability), a deviantART Artist's Bag, and a 11x14 framed painting made by the band The Ting Tings specifically for adidas Originals. (Total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of $5,250.)

1 (One) 2nd Prize package, with each package consisting of the following: A $2,000 American Express gift card, a $300 adidas Gift Card, a 1 year deviantART subscription, a devWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice (depending on availability), and a deviantART Artist's Bag (Total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of $2,450.)

1 (One) 3rd Prize package, with each package consisting of the following: A $1,000 American Express gift card, a $200 adidas Gift Card, a 1 year deviantART subscription, a devWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice (depending on availability), and a deviantART Artist's Bag (Total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of $1,350.)

All semi-finalists will receive a 1 month deviantART subscription (Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of $4.95 each)

Total ARV of all prizes: $9,447.50. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received and nature of Work. All prizes will be awarded (assuming sufficient number of entries). Sponsors reserve right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted. Sponsors responsible only for prize delivery; not responsible for prize utility, quality or otherwise. Taxes and fees, if any, are the sole responsibility of prize winners. No more than the stated prizes will be awarded.

Winners entries, along with a short biography of the winners, may be displayed on the Adidas Originals Facebook page and/or the Adidas Originals website.

Trip package includes roundtrip coach-class airfare for two (2) from a major airport in the United States near winner's home (determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion) to New York City; two (2) nights accommodations at a hotel determined by Sponsors in their sole discretion (single room, double occupancy). Winner must travel in the month of July, 2009 or prize will be forfeited. Trip subject to availability and blackout dates. Travel must be roundtrip. Sponsors will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and those set forth by the Sponsors' airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals, passenger tariffs or duties, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of winner. Unless child of winner, travel companion must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. If winner is a minor in his/her state of residence, travel companion must be winner's parent/legal guardian. Travel companion must execute liability releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. If in the judgment of Sponsors air travel is not required due to winner's proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for roundtrip air travel at Sponsors' sole discretion. Sponsors will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers or certificates. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $1,700. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination.

4.ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to deviantART members who are at least thirteen (13) years old as of April 3, 2009 except employees and volunteers (and their immediate families and members of the same household) of Sponsors, their affiliates, agents, judges and advertising and promotion agencies. There is no charge for deviantART membership.

5.VERIFICATION OF WINNERS AND DELIVERY OF PRIZES: Potential winners who are under the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence and their parent or legal guardian will, and other potential winners may, be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and, where permitted, a publicity release. If the 1st Prize winner is under the age of 18, (s)he must be accompanied to their adidas Originals showcase by a parent or legal guardian over the age of 18. Prize may be forfeited if affidavit or releases are not returned within 14 days after mailing to potential winner or if prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable. Winner agrees to Sponsors' use of his/her name, address, likeness, and/or prize information for promotional purposes in any medium without additional compensation to the extent permitted by law.

6.GENERAL: This Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. This Contest will be governed by the internal laws of the State of California Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within the State of California. Sponsors and judges not responsible for late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed, postage due, incorrect or misdirected entries, mail or communications, for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, communications devices, or transmission lines or data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry materials, loss or otherwise. Sponsors and judges not responsible for electronic communications which are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind, or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. Sponsors disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing, posting, uploading or downloading information in connection with, this Contest, and reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest should any virus, bug, technical failures, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsors' reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Contest. In the event of any such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted on the Contest Site and the winners will be selected from among all eligible entries received prior to such time. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant from this Contest or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsors or any of their affiliates if the entrant's fraud or misconduct adversely affects the integrity of the Contest.

By participating in this Contest, each entrant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the judges and warrants that s/he is eligible to participate in this Contest. By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release Sponsors, their directors, employees, officers, and agents, including without limitation, their advertising and promotion agencies, from any and all liability, loss or damages arising from or in connection with the awarding, receipt, and/or use or misuse of the prize or participation in any prize-related activities.

7.CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

8.WINNERS LIST: To obtain winner's list, go to www.deviantart.com. Winners list will be available after selection and verification of winners.

9.SPONSORS: deviantART, Inc., 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #788, Hollywood, CA 90028; Carat, 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 300 East, Santa Monica, CA 90404.

10.QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CONTEST? Go to www.deviantart.com.