※Participation regulations

A. Application procedure:

1. Application method: Online application. (Apply online, print out application form, and affix company seals and company president’s seal)
2. Application period: From January 7 to March 31, 2008.
3. Please bind application form and relevant written information in a single volume and submit in triplicate prior to March 31, 2008. Address to "Jury, Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 Award" and send to Computing and Network Center, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Rd. Section 4, Taipei 106. (Please send early; late entries will not be accepted. Date of submission will be based on postmark or express delivery date.)
   
   PS. When submitting by express delivery, please address to Room 216, Computing and Network Center, National Taiwan University, 170 Sinhai Rd. Section 2, Taipei. (Please refer to attached map—Because motorcycles cannot enter the university campus, please enter by the side gate across from the traffic light in front of Starbucks (across from the Language Training Center). By truck, enter by the Fusing S. Road back gate.
4. Relevant forms (including application form) may be downloaded from the activity web site.
5. Three copies of software or one hardware product must be provided for preliminary review. (Products must be included when signing up for categories 16. Product Design--Innovative Idea Design & 17. Product Design--Industrial Design.)

 

B. Application rules:

1. All ICT firms qualified to participate in COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 may submit applications.
   (1) Any firm that has not formally received a booth at COMPUTEX TAIPEI, or has withdrawn from the show, may not apply to participate in the award.
   (2) Alternate firms may first sign up on the activity web site, but may submit an application form only after formally receiving a booth.
   (3) Overseas enterprises may only sign up for category 18. Best Choice of the Year--Overseas Enterprise, and their Taiwan subsidiary may sign up on their behalf. A letter of authorization must be provided of some other company (such as a distributor) must sign up on the enterprise's behalf.
2. A company that has withdrawn from the show at any time from acceptance of application to the start of the show (either voluntary withdrawal or loss of qualifications) shall be deemed to have forfeited its qualifications to participate in the awards activity, in which case the application shall be cancelled and no items returned.  
3. If an unqualified company sends an application on its own initiative, the application shall be discarded and no items returned.  
4. No application fee is required, and interested enterprises are encouraged to sign up. An enterprise may enter as many products as it wishes. Each product may be entered in only a single category, however. and multiple enterprises may not sign up jointly. Applicants must guarantee that entered products do not infringe the intellectual property rights of another party.
5. The organizer shall undertake to maintain the confidentiality of information submitted by applicants. Documents and accessories connected with entered products shall not be returned after judging, but the confidentiality of non-award winning products shall be maintained.
6. Form 2: "Entrant Affidavit" is a required document in the preliminary review process (review of written qualifications); an applicant will be automatically rejected if this affidavit lacks the enterprise's large and small seals.
7. Any participants that refuse to provide a final judging briefing or take part in subsequent relevant activities shall be notified in writing and forbidden from participating in the awards activity for one year.

8. The organizer shall reserve the right to revise any matters not fully dealt with in these application rules.

 

C. Circumstances requiring cooperation of award-winning enterprise:

1. Award-winning enterprises must cooperate with the organizer's award ceremony, product exhibition, and overseas publicity activities in connection with COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 during the period of June 3-7, 2008.

2. In compliance with the government's measures to stamp out trademark counterfeiting, award-winning enterprises may only display award-winning products, and may not display any counterfeit products during the exhibition period. If a case of counterfeiting is discovered, the organizer shall immediately cease displaying any of the company's products, shall confiscate any participation fees paid by the company, and shall prohibit the company from participating in the show for a one-year period. The organizer shall categorically prohibit the display of any product which is the subject of a lawsuit due to trademark or patent infringement or copyright dispute, either before or during the show, and the participating company may not object. The participating company shall bear all responsibility for the organizer's involvement in a lawsuit or other damages due to the foregoing cause.
3. A participating company may not engage in on-site sales activities within the exhibition area. If a violation of this rule occurs, the organizer may compulsorily terminate the company's exhibits and cancel the company's award winning qualifications.
4. A participating company's displays shall be limited to its individual exhibition space, and the company may not display products or affix any publicity items in areas apart from exhibition space (such as public facilities, corridors, or on walls or pillars). If a violation of this rule occurs, the organizer may compulsorily remove the items, and the company may not object.
5. A participating company may lay out or distribute publicity items or printed materials only after submitting said items to the organizer and obtaining the latter's approval. If a violation of this rule occurs, the organizer may ask the company to immediately remove the items, and the company may not object.

　

D. Instructions for filling out forms:

All participating companies shall undertake to truthfully and completely fill out all required forms. Because preliminary review consists of an evaluation of written information, incomplete information will have a major negative impact on assessment results.

　

(1) Important notes concerning the completion of each form:

1. Form 1: Application form (submits application and announces category)
   The applicant must fill out basic information truthfully and in detail, and must affix large and small corporate seals.
2. Form 2: Company and product overview form (this form can be filled out online; please also upload photograph of company logo and product; format: jpg, at least 300dpi, no larger than 3MB).
3. Form 3: Entrant Affidavit (pledges to not infringe on third party IPR and not cause involvement in a legal dispute)
   This form is a necessary part of the preliminary review process. The company must affix large and small corporate seals, and submit this form with other relevant materials before it can be accepted for preliminary review.
4. Form 4: Participating company basic information form
5. Form 5: Entered product basic information form (product profile, development manpower and investment)
   (A comparative list of product functions must be provided if an application has already been made to enter the product in this activity.)
6. Form 6: Participating product export status form
   The content of this form includes target markets, marketing strategy, and market comparison with competing products (the foregoing items are required); the export status item is not required (please provide launch date (Form 4) and current order status after the product has not yet gone on the market).
7. Form 7: Participating product self-assessment form
   Please perform a self-assessment based on the key judging points and scoring standards for the product category in question (one page) (required).
8. Form 8: Relevant reference attachments concerning participating product:
   Attachment 1: Test reports from recognized standards organizations concerning product security, Green Mark, energy efficiency, or compatibility must be attached.
   Attachment 2: Existing product catalog, specifications, or instructions (please attach Chinese or English version).
9. Form 9: Participation letter authorization
   A formal copy of the participation letter of authorization must be attached when a Overseas company wishes to authorize a Taiwan subsidiary, distributor, or agent to handle application matters.

(2) Document format: (See example application form. This example is provided solely for reference; content may be added or left out depending on the actual situation):

1. Documents should be printed in horizontal rows (from left to right) on A4 paper. Please bind application form and relevant written information (such as DM or product catalog, etc.) in a single volume.

2. Please make necessary changes if there is insufficient space to fill out items in formatted fields.
   　

3. To facilitate checking, please number the pages of the application form.

4. Please state the words "business secrets" to denote any highly confidential corporate information on documents.

• ※Apart from providing the foregoing forms, a participating company may also submit other relevant documents as a reference for judging.

※The application form should be bound together with the product and attachments (please make sure to note the application number/category/company name/product name) as a single volume and submitted in triplicate. Forms 1 and 3 must both bear large and small corporate seals (both forms must be in triplicate).

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