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WEDNESDAY, 29 JUNE 2011
Anticounterfeiting viral guerrillas: this could be for you
In October 2009 Class 99 first spotted OHIM's Hands Off My Design site. Now, via a Tweet from this blogger's friend, the admirable Frédéric Glaize, comes news of the Hands Off My Design competition, with prizes of 8,000, 2,500 and 1,500 euro respectively. According to the competition rules,
The closing date for submissions is 15 October 2011. good luck! Posted by: Blog Administrator @ 17.35
Tags: competition, Hands off My Design,
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Anticounterfeiting viral guerrillas: this could be for you
In October 2009 Class 99 first spotted OHIM's Hands Off My Design site. Now, via a Tweet from this blogger's friend, the admirable Frédéric Glaize, comes news of the Hands Off My Design competition, with prizes of 8,000, 2,500 and 1,500 euro respectively. According to the competition rules,
"The http://www.handsoffmydesign.com/ design competition invites submissions of posters and videos (that can be used as guerrilla/viral marketing tools) aimed at illustrating the dangers and negative effects of counterfeits and illegal copies.
The entries should consist of two items: one video and one poster. The poster should relate to the key message of the video submitted and should also include a clear link to http://www.handsoffmydesign.com/
Any text or audio in the video and the poster should be in English [presumably this is the international language of IP crime ...].
The works will be evaluated on how well they fit the purpose of being used as a guerrilla/viralWhat about the IP, I hear you ask. Well:
marketing tool and their effectiveness in showing the dangers and negative effects of counterfeits and illegal copies".
"14. The intellectual property within the entries shall remain vested in their authors; the winners shall grant an unrestricted licence to OHIM and the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy (by signing the separate due authorisation for this purpose, which should be sent in together with the registration form), so that the material can be used and applied in such media as OHIM and the Observatory decide appropriate and relevant".There we are! We knew that the Observatory would have some useful function ...
The closing date for submissions is 15 October 2011. good luck! Posted by: Blog Administrator @ 17.35
Tags: competition, Hands off My Design,
Perm-A-Link: https://www.marques.org/blogs/class99?XID=BHA250
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