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Prizes/Engibous Prize

1. Prizes : Any prizes will be awarded to the team members jointly and severally. The prize will be divided equally among the members of the winning design team, with the sponsor providing a winner's check in the applicable amount to each member of the winning team. In the case of online submissions, if there is a dispute regarding the identity of the entrant, the sponsor reserves the right to deem the account holder of the e-mail address as the entrant. Subject to these contest rules, the following prizes will be awarded to be split equally among the members:

1. First place: US$10,000.
2. Second place: US$7,500.
3. Third place: US$5,000.

1. Winners will be notified by the sponsor by the end of July. The prize will be awarded by the end of September. A list of winners will be posted on www.ti.com/analogdesigncontest .
2. If any member of the winning design team cannot be reached within 10 days of notification, or if a prize is returned with no forwarding address, the sponsor reserves the right to deem that team member's portion of the prize as forfeited.
3. United States and/or Canadian federal, state and local and any foreign taxes and other obligations are solely the responsibility of the winners. Prizes may be subject to reporting for tax and other purposes. Winners agree to supply the sponsor with any information necessary for tax reporting purposes and to cooperate in fulfilling all applicable legal requirements.
4. The members of any design team whose design idea is chosen for consideration for any award, as a condition of the award, may be required to submit further information concerning each team member's employment and residence. Also, as a condition of the award, the entrant(s) may be required to sign (i) other documents necessary to ensure nonexclusive license right to TI for such design ideas, and (ii) a liability/publicity release.

Intellectual property rights/licenses/publicity rights

1. Entrants do not receive by way of or under the contest any intellectual property rights in any copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade names, technology, trade secrets or know-how of the sponsor or any third party.
2. No entries will be returned to entrants, regardless of whether they are accepted. All entries and design submissions become the property of the sponsor.
3. All entrants warrant and represent that all design ideas and applications submitted are entirely original and that entrant is the owner of all interests in and rights to such designs. By submitting an entry to this contest, all entrants represent that there is no third party of any kind, whether an academic institution, commercial company, individual or governmental legal entity that has any proprietary or other interest in, claims or rights to, any intellectual property rights, including trade secrets, “know-how,” copyright, patent, trademark or trade name, in any design ideas submitted under the contest. This representation is a requirement of participation in the contest.
4. All entrants agree, represent and guarantee that there are no obligations of any nature, legal or otherwise, that would prohibit, restrict or interfere with their participation in the contest or submission of their contest design idea. All entrants agree to obtain any necessary clearances, authorizations and/or approvals from any necessary third-party participation in all contest activities and any such approvals that are required as a condition of participation.
5. No confidential relationship is established between the sponsor and the entrant as a result of entering this contest. All entrants agree, represent and guarantee that their entries do not contain any confidential or proprietary information belonging to any third parties. None of the information submitted by the entrants will be treated by the sponsor as trade secrets, confidential information or as protected data under any obligation.
6. All entrants agree to be bound by the contest requirements for licensing of nonexclusive rights. Ownership of the design ideas (hereafter “designs”) shall remain with the entrants. Entrant hereby grants TI a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free license to use the designs in, or as part of, TI products, to implement the designs using TI products, to modify the designs for such uses, and to publish the designs for such uses by TI or by customers of TI under all applicable intellectual property rights related to the designs, including but not limited to patents, trade secrets, copyrights (including all moral and statutory copyrights), and trademarks. To the extent additional documents or actions are required under local law for an effective license to these rights, titles and interests for commercial purposes, entrants agree to fully cooperate in executing such further documents and in taking such further actions as are necessary. In such cases, entrants agree that commercialization license rights shall become effective upon completion of further required actions.
7. The nonexclusive license to TI of intellectual property rights, as described herein, is free of charge and without remuneration of any kind. All entrants agree that the opportunity to compete for prizes, receive publicity, and increase one’s understanding of TI products represents full and adequate consideration for license of these rights by all entrants. Prizes do not represent fixed-sum monetary remuneration of the licensing of intellectual property and rights in design submissions.
8. All entrants grant the sponsor the right to publicize their names, likeness, any information provided on the entry form, or their design idea entry in whatever manner without reservation or compensation. In certain countries, due to local requirements, it may be necessary for entrants to execute, in addition to this entry form, certain other documents for license of intellectual property rights, prior to any publication of the full design idea submission. In those countries, TI will make appropriate arrangements. Entries and design submissions may be published in sponsor or third-party publications.
9. Sponsor reserves the right to use information regarding entrants for future mailings subject to applicable laws and regulations and privacy policies.  Texas Instruments’ privacy policy can be found at http://www.ti.com/home_f_privacy .

General

1. The contest shall be considered void where, and to the extent, prohibited by law.
2. The contest and its rules and conditions shall be governed by the laws of the state of Texas and any dispute arising out of this contest shall be brought in, and you hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in, the Federal District Courts sitting in Dallas County, Texas.
3. If any aspect of the contest or any rule or condition is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or void, entrants agree to allow the sponsor to change such provision and, upon notice, to make it valid. Also, in such case, the remaining contest provisions shall remain in full force and effect and the contest shall proceed accordingly.
4. By entering this contest, each entrant agrees to release and hold the sponsor harmless from and against any losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising from (i) an exclusion or disqualification of an entrant pursuant to these rules; (ii) late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify winners of any prize; (iii) forfeiture of a prize and the selection of an alternate winner; (iv) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or unintelligible entries; (v) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties of any kind; (vi) failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions; (vii) any condition caused by events beyond the sponsor's control that may cause the contest to be disrupted or corrupted; and (viii) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind relating to a contest prize or acceptance, possession or use of the prize, or from participation in this contest.
5. The sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this contest if it becomes technically corrupted or if for any reason the Internet portion of the contest is not capable of running as planned, including infections by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the sponsor that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this contest.
6. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the sponsor reserves the right to seek damages or other remedies from any such persons responsible for the attempt to the fullest extent permitted by law.