Submitted by jschupp on Fri, 10/21/2016 - 18:40

No Purchase Necessary. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.

This promotion includes a sweepstakes and a video/image campaign where all entrants receive a t-shirt. To be considered for the sweepstakes prize, entries must be received no later than 11:59pm California Time, February 28, 2017.  To participate in the campaign (the “Campaign”) and receive a free t-shirt, entries must be received not later than 11:59pm California Time, December 31, 2017.

  1. ELIGIBILITY. The I am a UC Entrepreneur Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is only open to California residents who are lawful U.S. residents, are 18 years of age or older, and are students of the University of California public schooling system at the start of the Sweepstakes (“Entrants”). The Sweepstakes is sponsored by The University of California, 1111 Franklin Street, 8th Floor, Oakland, California 94607 ("Sponsor"). Subsidiaries of Sponsor, faculty, staff, and researchers, advertising and promotion agencies and all other entities participating in the design, promotion, marketing, advertising, administration or fulfillment of the Sweepstakes are ineligible to participate in the Sweepstakes. Void in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. military installations in foreign countries, all other U.S. territories and possessions, and wherever else restricted or prohibited by law.  Prohibited entities may nonetheless participate in the Campaign for a free t-shirt.

  2. TIMING FOR SWEEPSTAKES. The Sweepstakes begins at 12:01am California Time on November 18, 2016 and ends at 11:59 pm California Time on February 28, 2017 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). 

  3. TIMING FOR CAMPAIGN. The t-shirt campaign begins at 12:01am California Time on November 18, 2016 and ends at 11:59 pm California Time on December 31, 2017(the “Campaign Period”). All Qualified Submissions received prior to February 28, 2017 will be eligible for the Sweepstakes.   Qualified Submissions received after February 28, 2017 but before December 31, 2017 will receive a free t-shirt.

  4. HOW TO ENTER. To participate, Entrants can follow the online instructions at https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/entrepreneurs to submit a 30-second or less video, or a photograph that embodies their entrepreneurial focus.  Entrants must also complete all online information and all entries, whether video or photographic, must meet and/or fulfill the requirements listed in the online Sweepstakes instructions (“Submission”) during the Sweepstakes Period.

    Limit one (1) entry per natural person.

    All entries must be received during the Sweepstakes Period according to the computer time on Sponsor’s server to be eligible for the grand prize. None of the Sweepstakes Entities are responsible for late, incomplete, void, corrupted, garbled, misdirected, or otherwise unintelligible Entries and for any problems, bugs or malfunctions Sweepstakes Entrants may encounter when submitting their entries. Incomplete, garbled, corrupted or otherwise illegible entries are void and will not be accepted. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify false entries or entries suspected of being false and to disqualify any Entrant it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or violating these Official Rules. All entries submitted become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner, the winner will be deemed to be the authorized account holder of the email address listed in the entry form.

  5. ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND CONTENT RESTRICTIONS: All video Submissions must conform to the guidelines listed below.

    • Submissions must be in digital format and must comply with the posting requirements set forth above and as posted on the website;
    • Submissions must be original works of authorship, created by the Entrant. Entrant may not copy or otherwise plagiarize the Submission from any source, nor may the Submission include third-party copyrighted material or artwork, without the copyright holder’s permission. By entering, Entrant warrants that Entrant’s Submission does not infringe any third party’s rights, and that Entrant has obtained any necessary permissions from all relevant third parties to enter the Submission. Any images used in the Submission must be an original work of authorship under U.S. Copyright Law;
    • Entrant may not be, nor may Entrant use in the Submission, parties who: 1) are represented under contract (e.g., by a talent agent or manager) that would limit or impair our ability to show the Submission in any media form; 2) have an acting or modeling contract that would make Entrant’s/their appearance in the Submission a violation of any third party rights; 3) are under a merchandising agreement; or 4) are under any other contractual relationship, including but not limited to guild and/or union memberships, that may prohibit them from participating fully in this Sweepstakes, or from allowing Sponsor to use the Submission online and in television and any and all media;
    • Submission must not violate the rights of any third parties, including intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, or any other rights held by third parties;
    • Entrant hereby agrees to indemnify Sponsor against any and all claims from any third party for any use by Sponsor of the Submission;
    • Although Sponsor is not reviewing Submissions for copyright violations, if, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, it is believed Entrant’s Submission constitutes or may constitute copyright infringement, the Submission will be disqualified;
    • Sponsor reserves the right to exclude any Submission that it believes, in its sole discretion, doesn't meet this criteria, and to delete any such Submission from any and all location(s) under Sponsor’s control;
    • No Submission shall portray Sponsor or any third party in a negative light;
    • Please, do not use Submission to launch personal attacks on anyone or any discernable product, including competitor products;
    • Submission may not depict nudity, animal cruelty, or illegal activity or substance, or offensive or obscene subject matter as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion;
    • Submission cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, contain nudity or any materially dangerous activity;
    • Submission cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or any particular political agenda or message;
    • Submission cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;
    • Submission cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor, or their products, or other people, products or companies;
    • Submission cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names (other than the Entrant’s), e-mail addresses or street addresses;
    • Submission cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, without permission;
    • Submission cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and
    • Submission cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.

    Sponsor reserves the right to exclude any Submission that it believes doesn't meet the above criteria, at its sole discretion.

  6. ODDS. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.

  7. SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF SELECTED ENTRANT. Each eligible Submission will be entered into a random drawing by a representative of Sponsor from among all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. The drawing will be held on or about March 13, 2017 (“Drawing Date”) to determine one (1) potential winner from each University of California campus location or other defined location (“Selected Entrants”). The Selected Entrants will be notified by email address provided by entrant within seventy-two (72) hours of Drawing Date (“Notification”). The Selected Entrant will be required to respond (as directed) within two (2) business days of attempted Notification of the email address. Selected Entrant’s failure to respond timely to the Notification may result in forfeiture of the grand prize, and in such case, Sponsor may randomly select an alternate Selected Entrant from among the remaining eligible entries, up to four (4) times. The Selected Entrants may be sent a declaration of eligibility / liability / publicity release (“Release”). Except where prohibited by law, the Release will state that Selected Entrant agrees to allow Sponsor to use (without additional compensation) his or her name, address, photograph, testimonial, likeness and/or biographical information for purposes of advertising and promotion (including, without limitation, posting on Sponsor’s website(s) and affiliated website(s)). Selected Entrants may also be required to provide name, U.S. Social Security Number (for tax form purposes), birth date, current address, and phone number. Unless restricted by law, the Selected Entrant will be required to complete and return the Release within the time period specified therein. The grand prize may be forfeited, and in such case, an alternate Selected Entrant may be randomly selected from among the remaining eligible entries if the Selected Entrant: (i) cannot be reached; (ii) does not respond to the Notification in a timely manner as required pursuant to these Official Rules; (iii) fails to obtain all signatures on the Release and to return the documents in a timely manner as required pursuant to these Official Rules; or (iv) cannot accept or receive the Prize for any reason. Non-compliance with these Official Rules may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate Selected Entrant. Sponsor may not make multiple attempts to contact Selected Entrants.

  8. PRIZE. If eligible under these Rules, one (1) Selected Entrant from each University of California campus affiliation/location will be awarded one (1) grand prize package. The grand prize package includes lunch with the President of the University of California and the Senior Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, round trip airfare (if Selected Entrant is located over ninety (90) miles from lunch location) or ground travel (if Selected Entrant is located under ninety (90) miles from lunch location) from Selected Entrant’s residence to the lunch location in Oakland, California. The date and time of the grand prize lunch will be determined by Sponsor at a later date.

    Approximate Retail Value of grand prize package (“ARV”): Total value of Grand Prize:  up to $300.00.  Total value of all grand prizes up to $3,000.00.

    All Entrants that upload a Submission, during the Campaign Period, will receive a UC Entrepreneur t-shirt, available for pick up at their UC affiliated campus (instructions to be provided). Alumni Entrants who are not present on campuses may request their t-shirt be mailed to them by sending their request, preferred t-shirt size, and delivery address to UCInnovation@ucop.edu with the subject heading, “UC Entrepreneur Video Campaign t-shirt request”.

  9. PRIZE CONDITIONS. No substitution, transfer, or cash redemption of prize permitted, provided however that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value should the advertised prize become unavailable for any reason. Travel will be arranged as a stipend and Selected Entrant must follow the instructions in the award email to receive stipend.  Actual retail value of the prize is dependent upon the airport in California from which Selected Entrant flies.  Selected Entrant is not entitled to the difference between the stated retail price and the actual price, if any.   In the event the travel is not redeemed, Selected Entrant forfeits prize.  The lunch has no actual value and is subject to availability of winner and UC representatives, which may be substituted at the last minute.  Hotel accommodations are not included, but Selected Entrant may choose a return date different from the travel date. Selected Entrants cannot assign or transfer their prize to another person or business. All activities related to the prize are at the Selected Entrant’s own risk, as defined below, and subject to whatever restrictions are imposed by the entities that govern such activities. If prize notification or any prize is returned as undeliverable, or if Selected Entrant may not accept or receive a prize for any reason, prize will be forfeited.

    All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this Sweepstakes will be the sole responsibility of Selected Entrants and Selected Entrants may be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the ARV of any awarded prize. Except where prohibited by law, entry into this Sweepstakes constituted permission for Sponsor to use the Entrant’s Submission for promotional or advertising purposes in connection with these Sweepstakes on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, now or hereafter known, in perpetuity, without review, permission or further compensation. Selected Entrants also agree to allow their names and biographical information to be used.  This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws of the United States.

    By participating, Selected Entrant agrees to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions and waives any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes or these Official Rules. Selected Entrant also agrees to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively “Releasees”) from and against any claims, damages, disability, attorneys' fees, and costs of litigation and settlement, as well as any liability due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from: (i) use, redemption, acceptance, possession, ownership, or misuse of any prize, (ii) participation in any activity, event, or excursion offered in connection with the prize, (iii) use of any facility, service and/or accommodation related to the prize, or (iv) participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity or participation in this Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entrant it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or violating these Official Rules, and reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winner(s) in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken. Sponsor shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, void, corrupted, misdirected, incomplete unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or declarations, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii) telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical malfunctions, bugs, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors Sweepstakes Entrants may encounter when submitting their entry; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by the prize or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize, or from participation in the Sweepstakes; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes. Caution: any attempt to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be in violation of criminal and civil laws and will result in disqualification from participation in the Sweepstakes. Should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages (including attorney fees) to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.

    Selected Entrants who are travelling by air must have all necessary identification and travel documents. Choice of airline shall be at the discretion of Sponsor. Once flight arrangements have been issued, they shall not be changed, re-sold, endorsed, exchanged, transferred or in any other manner modified by Selected Entrant. Travel must occur on dates selected through the winner notification process.  Travel arrangements are subject to availability and to the terms of conditions of the airline. Selected Entrant is solely responsible for any other unspecified expenses related to the grand prize, including without limitation: meals, ground transportation, gratuities, baggage charges, upgrades and any and all federal, state, and local taxes on prize, including special airport taxes and fees. Selected Entrant must notify Sponsor of requested travel times at least thirty (30) days in advance; otherwise Sponsor reserves the right to alter the request to accommodate availability.

  10. DISPUTES. Disputes regarding these Official Rules and/or this Sweepstakes will be governed by the internal laws of the State of California. By entering, Entrant consents to jurisdiction in the federal and state courts of California for the resolution of any and all disputes.

  11. GENERAL CONDITIONS. By participating, Entrants agree to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Sweepstakes or these Official Rules. Any portion of the Sweepstakes may be canceled, suspended and/or modified, in whole or in part, if in Sponsor’s opinion any fraud, technical failure or other factor beyond our control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to terminate the Sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winner in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken. You may not enter with multiple identities or use any automated system, bot or other device or artifice to enter or obtain more than the maximum number of qualified entries. Unclaimed Prizes will not be awarded.

  12. PRIVACY. All personal information collected by Sponsor will be used for administration of the Sweepstakes. In addition, Entrants may receive email correspondence from, or on behalf of Sponsor subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy. Sponsor uses reasonable commercial efforts to comply with Federal CAN-SPAM guidelines and to supply information to entities that comply with CAN-SPAM guidelines, and Entrants may subsequently opt-out of receiving further emails by following the opt-out instructions contained in the email. Any questions regarding privacy matters should be directed to the address set out below. Please refer to Sponsor’s privacy policy located at the following website link for important information regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by Sponsor: http://www.ucop.edu/ethics-compliance-audit-services/compliance/privacy/privacy-policies-and-references.html. 

  13. PUBLICITY. Except where prohibited by law, the Entrant's entry into the Sweepstakes or just the Campaign constitutes permission for Sponsor to use Entrant's Submission, full name, social media handles, photographs, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, Submission, and city and state address for promotional or advertising purposes on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, now or hereafter known, in perpetuity, without review, permission or further compensation, including without limitation on Sponsor and its affiliates’ program(s), website(s) and social media page(s).

  14. WINNER’S LIST AND SWEEPSTAKES RULES. To obtain a copy of these Official Rules or a winner’s list after the end of the Sweepstakes Period, visit https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/entrepreneurs. To obtain the names of the winners in the Sweepstakes, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to University of California, Office of the President, 1111 Franklin Street #10329G, Oakland, CA 94607 no later than ninety (90) days after the end of the Sweepstakes Period. Please specify the name of the Sweepstakes.