Lishui seeks for advice on local intellectual property

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Design Themes:

Work should be closely related to at least or more than one of the following categories:

1.Lishui’s iconic flowers and fish: Lily flower, Moth orchids, Bougainvillea, Koi;

2.Lishui’s IP: Lily, YOYO;

3.Cultural history and iconic architecture around Lishui River, Zhanqi Tower, Xianlu Island (e.g. Water culture, history of Lishui town, Pray tradition, culture about No.1 Scholar, dragon boat culture, martial arts, ancient village culture, Beichong pavilion, Zhanqi Tower, Romance Garden, etc);

4.Design for external packing of existing industrial, agricultural or cultural and creative products in Lishui (package box and bag, wrapping paper, or complete package)

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Work Categories:

The work should be identified as one of following categories. Additionally, it should be creative, artistic, producible and commercially convertible.

1.Stationery: pen, notebook;

2.Household items: cup, portable charger, umbrella, table lamp, towel;

3.Packing food: tea bag, coffee, beverage, ice cream, potato; 

4.Clothing and jewelry: socks, handbag, necklace, ear ring, bracelet, breastpin;

5.Cosmetic products: facial mask, hand cream;

6.Souvenir: creative decoration, hanging decoration;

7.Toy: mystery box, puzzle, building blocks, card games.

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Requirements

1.Every work submitted should be original design. Applicants should submit illustration document, at least covering these contents: design idea, creativity, usage and corresponding scenes, size specification, functionality, materials application, structural design. The document should include design highlights as well.

2.Work can be presented via effect picture (effect drawing, three-view drawing, etc) or multi-angle dynamic video. Either method should completely illustrate the final work. Applicants may submit work sample if necessary.

3.Work should be capable for large-scale production, both online and offline presentation and sale.

Guidelines

1.Free registration and you shall submit your work online. All participants shall provide the following documents and send to ls4a@sina.cn with unified format: Author/Enterprise/Team Name + Name of Works + Contact:

Scan of ID or business license 

Sign-up Form

Collection of design drawings or video compressed files (each picture must be A3 (420×297mm, JPG format) specification, with accuracy not less than 300dpi, no more than 5M, and saved in CMYK color printing format; The length of the video (MP4 format) should not exceed 1 minute, the file size should not exceed 10MB.

Description of Works

2.Each individual/team/company can submit up to 3 entries. You cannot submit the same work in different categories or groups. If your work is a collaboration, you need to get everyone's approval and list all the collaborators’ names.

3. During the contest, you cannot transfer or authorize your work to any third party or use it for other similar events.

4. You are responsible for any fees associated with your submission, including design, model, sample, and product production costs, as well as shipping fees if you choose to mail your physical submission. The organizers are not responsible for any loss or damage during shipping.

More Info:

1.The organizing committee will evaluate the entries, and the winner will be given priority for official resource link rights. The creators and their works will also receive introductions.

2.If the participants need to use intangible assets of Lishui Town, such as Zhanqi Tower, Water Flower Market, Yao Daning, etc. during the process, they must submit a commitment letter for the use of intangible assets to ensure that these elements are only used for this competition and not for any other purpose.

3.The copyright of the works that are not chosen is divided into two parts. The copyright of the work that uses the intangible assets of Lishui Town belongs to the relevant units of the organizing committee, and the author’s signature right is reserved. Participants are not allowed to use Lishui cultural elements and intangible assets for any commercial purposes without permission. If they need to use them, they should obtain written permission from Lishui and pay the corresponding copyright fees. The copyright of work that does not use intangible assets belongs to the original author, and the organizer has the right to exhibit the work. If the organizer needs to develop, produce, sell, or exhibit the work for commercial purposes, they should obtain the author’s written permission and pay the corresponding design fees.

4.The copyright of all winning entries belongs to the relevant units of the organizing committee. Winning participants/enterprises/teams need to assist the organizing committee in signing the “Copyright Ownership Agreement”. The organizer has the right to redesign, produce, sell, exhibit, publish, etc. (with the author participating in the project sharing). The author cannot authorize or transfer this right to any other individual or organization, and the author retains the permanent signature right to their work.

5.5.Once the work is submitted, it will be deemed that the participant agrees to and complies with the relevant rules of the competition. If there is a dispute over the copyright of the work in commercial use, the organizing committee will not be responsible for any legal liability arising from the infringement of the rights of others (or units), and the participant who provided the work will bear all legal responsibilities.

6.The relevant units of the organizing committee have the priority development rights for the competition entries. If the participant causes any damage to the work or transfers the rights and interests of the design copyright to a third party without notification, the organizing committee can cancel their winning qualifications and reserve the right to pursue legal action.

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Any questions please call 0757-85628197 (Miss Wu)