The Applicant agrees to apply for this competition in accordance with the Application Guidelines separately established by the Organizer.

In principle, all costs required for the application shall be borne by the Applicant.

Submitted works must be the Applicant's own original work and must not have been published in Japan or overseas (including publication on SNS, etc.). Double submission to other competitions is not permitted. In addition, the submitted work shall not be published elsewhere without the prior consent of the Organizer.
Submitted works (application data) will not be returned. The right to store and manage the application data belongs to the Organizer, but the copyright belongs to the Applicant.
We will not publish or otherwise disclose individual evaluation results for submitted works.
If a submitted work falls under any of the following, it will be excluded from the evaluation. In addition, we cannot respond to inquiries regarding the reasons, etc.:

• Works that infringe or may infringe upon the copyrights, patent rights, design rights, trademark rights, or any other intellectual property rights (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Intellectual Property Rights, etc.”), portrait rights, or other rights of third parties;
• Works that defame or damage the credibility of others, constitute a nuisance, violate other laws and regulations, or are judged by the Organizer to have the potential to do so;
• Works containing expressions that slander third parties or their products, discriminatory expressions, expressions that may cause disgust, other expressions contrary to public order and morals, or those judged by the Organizer to have the potential to fall under these categories;
• Works containing advertisements, promotions, sales activities, solicitation for specific ideologies or religions, or similar content;
• Works containing personal information such as names and addresses;
• Works judged by the Organizer to be excluded from evaluation for reasons such as not aligning with the purpose of this competition;
• Works containing actions that interfere with the operation of this competition or damage its credibility; and
• Other works judged by the Organizer to be inappropriate.

The Applicant represents and warrants that the submitted work is the Applicant’s own original work and does not infringe upon the Intellectual Property Rights, etc. or other rights of any third party.
The Organizer may contact Applicants regarding their submitted works during the evaluation process, during the actual fabrication process by the Secretariat using ShopBot, or during the commercialization process of award-winning works, etc. Applicants shall keep the fact of contact from the Organizer and all of its details confidential, and shall not make them accessible to third parties (including, but not limited to, posting on social media, etc.).

The Organizer will notify the selected winners of the results of this competition by a method separately determined by the Organizer. However, if a selected winner does not complete the designated procedures by the date specified by the Organizer, their rights may be forfeited.
In addition, if an Applicant fails to enter true and accurate data, if the information provided by the Applicant is insufficient, or if the Applicant is unable to receive the prize within the designated period due to reasons such as relocation or long-term absence, the right to selection may be forfeited. Furthermore, the rights as a selected winner cannot be transferred to a third party, etc. In addition, if a work is judged to infringe upon the Intellectual Property Rights, etc. or other rights of a third party, or is otherwise judged to be unsuitable for winning this competition, the selection may be canceled even after the announcement of the selection results.

The copyright of the submitted work belongs to the applicant.

The applicant shall grant the organizer, for the purpose of this competition's operation, evaluation, public relations, recording, and exhibition (including, but not limited to, websites, social media, and printed materials), a non-exclusive right to use (including reproduction, public transmission, exhibition, and adaptation) the submitted work free of charge, indefinitely, and without geographical restrictions.
Regarding the winning works, a separate agreement shall be concluded between the organizer (or a person designated by the organizer) and the applicant to the extent necessary for commercialization or other business development. If such an agreement is established, the provisions of that agreement shall be followed.

The Applicant shall acknowledge in advance that, at the time the Applicant submits the work, the Organizer or its affiliates may already possess concepts, ideas, designs, etc. that are identical to or share some commonalities with the submitted work, independently of the submitted work ("Organizer's Concept"), and may have already commenced product planning and development based thereon.
In the case of the preceding paragraph, concepts, ideas, designs, etc. that are identical to or share some commonalities with the Organizer's Concept may exist in the submitted works of Applicants who did not ultimately win a prize. Even in such cases, the Organizer and its affiliates shall not be subject to any restrictions regarding the planning and development of products based on the Organizer's Concept, the commercialization of the manufacture and sale of such products, or the acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights, etc. related thereto. Note that the Organizer does not intentionally imitate submitted works for commercialization.

Applicants' personal information will be used solely for the Competition Operation Purposes.
The personal information provided by applicants will be acquired by CAINZ Corporation, KOKUYO Co., Ltd. and VUILD Inc. and will be handled based on the following purposes and management policies defined by each company. In addition, it may be provided to the organizer's group companies as information that does not identify individuals.

In the event of conduct judged inappropriate by the Organizer, such as acts violating laws and regulations, the Organizer will take measures it deems appropriate, including suspending eligibility to participate in this competition.

In the event of unavoidable circumstances, the Organizer may partially or fully change, interrupt, cancel, or terminate the content of this competition without prior notice. Regarding damages incurred by Applicants due to such change, interruption, cancellation, or termination, the Organizer shall not bear any liability except in cases of intentional misconduct or gross negligence by the Organizer.

Participation in and application to this competition shall be at the Applicant’s own judgment and responsibility. Regarding hardware or software troubles or damages associated with the Applicant’s production or submission, as well as access failures due to communication environment or equipment failures, etc., the Organizer shall not bear any liability except in cases of intentional misconduct or gross negligence by the Organizer.
The Organizer shall not bear any liability for disputes between Applicants or between an Applicant and a third party (including disputes regarding similarity of designs). In the unlikely event that a dispute arises with a third party regarding the submitted work, the Applicant shall resolve the dispute at their own expense and responsibility, and if damages (including reasonable attorney’s fees) are incurred by the Organizer, its related parties, or other Applicants, the Applicant shall compensate such damages.
The Organizer shall not bear any liability for loss, damage, alteration, or other data defects of application data submitted by the Applicant, except in cases of intentional misconduct or gross negligence by the Organizer.
The Organizer shall not bear any liability whatsoever to the Applicant regarding the screening results, screening methods, screening process, or any other matters related to the screening of this competition.
The Organizer shall not bear any liability for indirect damages, special damages, incidental damages, consequential damages, or lost profits (including prize money that would have been obtained, contract opportunities, revenue, and other economic benefits) incurred by the Applicant in connection with this competition, regardless of foreseeability.

The Organizer may revise or modify these Terms without prior notice to the Applicant. The revised Terms shall take effect from the time they are published by a method separately determined by the Organizer.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan. Any and all disputes arising in connection with these Terms and this competition shall be subject to the exclusive agreed jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance.

Minors under the age of 18 must obtain the consent of a parent or guardian before submitting. Upon winning, the consent of a parent or guardian may be reconfirmed. If the consent of a parent or guardian cannot be obtained, the award will be canceled.