Ty Halloween Contest
Official Rules
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Participation
constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of
these Official Rules. The Ty Inc. Halloween
Contest ("Contest") begins September 18th, 2009 and ends at
ELIGIBILITY: The
Contest is open to all persons including children with parental consent. No purchase necessary to enter. [Parents, please see the General Information
section for information on excluding your child from participation.] Employees,
officers, and directors of Sponsor, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies ("Sponsor Personnel"), and
those individuals who are immediate family members of Sponsor Personnel, or
persons living in the same household as Sponsor Personnel, are not eligible to
participate in the Contest. "Immediate
family" means parents, siblings, children and spouse. Professional designers are not eligible to
enter the Contest. Void in
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: To
enter, submit your entry by no later than
Entries received
after
All entries must
include all requested information, including the entrant's name, email address and
a Ty Beanies Babies 2.0 username. Entrants that do not include this information
will be disqualified and will not be judged.
Sponsor is not
responsible for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry of information by
participants; lost entries or transmissions, interrupted or unavailable
network, server, or other connections; scrambled transmissions or other errors
or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, or electronic, technical
malfunctions or the computer hardware, software, or any combination thereof; or
problems associated with any virus or any other damage caused to systems. Entries cannot be returned and become the
property of Ty Inc.
By submitting an
entry, entrants (including the parents or legal guardians of entrants who are
minors) acknowledge and agree that Ty Inc. shall be the sole owner of any and
all rights in and to the design included with the entry, including any and all
rights with respect to the copyright of such design and any derivative use
thereof. Entrants (including the parents
or legal guardians of entrants who are minors) expressly acknowledge and agree
that all copyrights or other rights connected with the designs shall be the
sole and exclusive property of Ty Inc., and entrants (including the parents or
legal guardians of entrants who are minors) agree that they will not use such
designs without the express written permission of Ty Inc. By submitting an entry, entrants (including
the parents or legal guardians of entrants who are minors) covenant not to sue
Ty for the use of any idea presented and specifically covenant not to sue Ty
for copyright or trademark infringement.
JUDGING: Each entry must meet the entry requirements, as specified
above. Any non-conforming entries will be disqualified. Once each
entry is screened for compliance with the entry requirements, it will be judged
by a panel of no less than three (3) Ty employees. The judging panel will
judge each entry on the basis of the following criteria:
Originality (50%) - How original, creative and unique is the design?
Wit (25%) - How clever is the concept shown in the design?
Composition (25%) - How aesthetically pleasing is the design?
Each submission will then be awarded a score from 0 (poor) to 1000
(perfect) in each category. The panel will tally all of the scores for
each entry and then rank them according to cumulative score. Winners will
be selected based on these rankings, and beginning October 1st, 2009, the
entrant having the highest cumulative score on that day shall be declared the
"Daily Winner." Decisions of the judges are final. In the event of
a tie, the entry with the highest score for originality shall be declared the
Daily Winner. Entrant assigns all right, title and interest in the entry
and design to Ty Inc. Daily Winners will
be selected for fourteen (14) days, beginning on October 1st, 2009 and ending
on October 14th, 2009. Each
daily winner of the fourteen (14) Daily Winners will be posted at www.ty.com.
On October 15th, 2009,
the panel will tally all of the scores for each entry received to date, and the
entry having the highest cumulative score will be declared the "Grand Prize
Winner." Decisions of the judges are
final. In the event of a tie, the entry
with the highest score for originality shall be declared the Grand Prize
Winner. The Grand Prize Winner and all
Daily Winners assign all right, title and interest in their respective entries
and designs to Ty Inc. The entry of the
Grand Prize Winner will be posted at www.ty.com.
NOTIFICATION OF DAILY WINNERS AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER (collectively "Winner"): Winners will be notified by email within one (1) day after the final decision of the judges. Sponsor shall have all rights to copy, edit, crop, publish and use, any entry design without further compensation (except where prohibited by law).
PRIZE: All
Daily Winners shall receive two thousand five hundred (2,500) "beans" to be
used in the Ty.com Beanie Babies 2.0 virtual world. The Grand Prize Winner will receive ten
thousand (10,000) "beans" to be used in the Ty.com Beanie Babies 2.0 virtual
world. The combined approximate retail
value of all prizes is less than $100.
As this is a
contest of skill, winning is dependent on the quality of entries received. All prizes will be awarded. No substitution or transfer of any prize or
election of cash in lieu of any prize by winner will be permitted. Sponsor reserve the right to substitute any
prize of equal or greater value. Prizes
are nontransferable. All federal, state,
local and/or any other applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of the
winners.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS:
All entries must
be the original work of the entrant. By
participating in the Contest, entrants and, if appropriate, their parents or
legal guardians, agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of
Sponsor, which shall be final. Sponsor, its
respective agents and representatives of Sponsor, its respective parent
companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment
agencies, and legal advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable
for: (i) telephone, electronic, hardware
or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or
difficulties of any kind; (ii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer
transmissions; (iii) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor
that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (iv) any injuries,
losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of any
prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, or from participation in
the Contest; or (v) any printing or typographical errors in any materials
associated with the Contest. Sponsor
reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to suspend or cancel the Contest
at any time if a computer virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, or
other technical problem of any sort corrupts the administration, security, or
proper play of the Contest. Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel the Contest or change any element thereof, with or
without notice, at any time, due to printing errors, web site errors,
transmission errors or other mistakes in the production of the Contest. Sponsor also reserves the right to
disqualify, in its sole discretion, any person tampering with the entry
process, the operation of the Website, or who is otherwise in violation of the
rules. By participating, entrants agree
that all disputes will be resolved in the appropriate courts in the state of
By participating
in the Contest, each participant agrees to release and hold Sponsor and their
respective employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents,
representatives, companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion,
and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors, harmless from any and all losses,
damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with the Contest
or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, including
without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims
based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy.
GENERAL
INFORMATION:
The Ty Inc. "Halloween" Contest was created
to offer its users an interactive and educational experience with an
opportunity to win prizes. Ty Inc. will not maintain an archive of information
obtained in this contest, and does not use such information in ways other than
to facilitate the operation of this contest. Identifiable information obtained
through contest entries is limited only to that which is necessary for
validating contest eligibility, contacting Winners, and to facilitate the
delivery of prizes. Information obtained through contests will not be used by
Ty for any other purpose, nor will such information be transferred to any other
organization or individual for any purpose.
Parents
may exclude their children from participating in this contest, and those who
wish to do so should submit an email to Sponsor at customerservice@ty.com, with the child's
name, birth date and entrant's email address to have the entry removed.
WINNERS'
NAMES:
To obtain a list
of Winners, send your request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
Ty Inc.
"Halloween" Contest List,
Oakbrook