1. For the participants   a. lall participating works will not be returned. b. The participating works shall be one’s own designs and shall not yet have been awarded with a winning prize in a related design competition. c. The participants must provide the design detail information for future public reports and the exhibitions. d. To protect the intelligent property rights of the participant, the nominees are recommended to apply for a patent before handing in the mockup . e. To avoid lengthy custom clearance procedures and delays in transportation, the participants from abroad are recommended to declare a product value below US$50.All the participants are responsible for all the costs occurred for going through customs. f. The participants shall have adequate insurance coverage for their works submitted, particularly with regards to the risk of theft, fire, breakage and damage. g. The top three winners must be rewarded in person at the Award Ceremony; there will be 30% deduction from the monetary prizes subject to the absence. All travel expenses related to the award ceremony will be borne by the participants. h. Students are advised to seek the permission from the department of their school if registering for this event.   2. For the winners   a. or promotion purposes, the organizer shall have the rights to utilize (including but not limited to reproduce, Public recitation, Public broadcast, Public presentation, Public transmission, Distribution, Public display, Publication, Public release) the works of the participants entering the final competition in different formats, including but not limited to Video/CD recordings, catalogues, photos, publications, and exhibitions. The winners, along with the awarded work, shall cooperate with the organizer in the relative activities within 1 year from proclaiming the awarding. b. Monetary prizes will be gross, but the income tax will be deducted from all monetary prizes according to government regulations (The winners from abroad shall pay for 20% income tax.) c. Works (mockups) submitted will not be returned. The submitted works (mockups) will be the permanent collections of Taiwan Design Center. The organizer (Taiwan Design Center) shall be entitled to dispose or keep such works (mockups) at it sole discretions.   3. For the prize disqualification   a. In the event that the awarded works has been proven to be plagiarized or having involved in any infringement of copyrights or other laws, the organizer shall have the rights to disqualify the awarded winners and revoke any prizes and certificates awarded at it sole discretions. b. In the event that the awarded works is proven to be unoriginal design or has been fraudulently copied from others’ works, the organizer shall have the rights to disqualify the awarded winners and revoke any prizes and certificates awarded at it sole discretions. In the event that the commercialization and marketing activities of the awarded works contravenes the spirit of this competition, the organizer shall have the rights to disqualify the awarded winners. And revoke any prizes and certificates awarded at it sole discretions. c. Awards will be cancelled if the very same work was found both in the competitions of the General and the Students.