Terms and Conditions

• Ideas that fall into any of the following categories are prohibited. Applications that fall into any of the following categories will not be accepted and will not be considered.
  1. Ideas based on specific celebrities or characters from anime, manga, etc.
  2. Ideas that infringe the trademark, copyright, or likeness rights of any third party.
  3. Ideas that are identical or very similar to ideas submitted in other contests with a similar topic.
  4. Ideas that contain libellous expressions, expressions that damage the social credibility of other companies, discriminatory expressions, or expressions that lack dignity.
  5. Ideas that use expressions with the intent to advertise or promote a specific company or a specific product
  6. Ideas that may encourage or support the activities of anti-social groups.
  7. Ideas or nicknames that violate public order, morality, or other laws
• Minors must have the consent of a parent or guardian before applying.
• If a group or organization is applying as a group, the group representative or the organization representative, as the case may be, shall submit the application. If, for reasons such as the absence of the representative, an application is submitted by a person in charge who is not authorized to represent the group, the person in charge shall ensure that he or she is authorized to submit the application. If the person in charge is found to be unauthorized to submit the application and incurs damages as a result, the person in charge shall bear all responsibility and shall compensate for such damages.
  
  If a group or organization submits an entry as a group, the group or organization submitting the entry represents and warrants that it owns or has been assigned the copyright and any other rights necessary to submit the entry. In the event of any breach of such warranty, the group or organization shall assume full responsibility and shall indemnify the applicant for any and all damages resulting from such breach
• The organiser reserves the right to change the method, conditions, and content of the idea contest or to cancel the idea contest if it deems it necessary.
• All intellectual property rights, including copyrights, of the submitted ideas are transferred from the entrant to steAm Inc. at the time of submission of the work.
  The applicant may not exercise any moral rights over the work.
• Submitted ideas may be used on our website, social media, print media (including newspapers, books, magazines, flyers, and other advertising materials), and at events. In such cases, the nickname or name you provided at the time of application, as well as the title of your work, will also be published. Please understand this beforehand. No prior notice will be given to the entrant, and the entrant will not be obligated to pay any royalties or other monetary compensation of any kind for the use of the submitted ideas.
• Only Japanese characters, alphanumeric characters, and symbols” are allowed in the application form. Please note that the organiser may be unable to publish your application if other characters are used.
• If an application is not accepted or used, there will be no notification or disclosure of the reason for rejection. Applicants may not appeal the organiser's acceptance or rejection of their applications, and the organiser is under no obligation to respond or act on such matters.
• Completion of your application to this idea contest constitutes your agreement to all the terms and conditions of this application. You may not withdraw your consent after submitting your application to the Idea Contest.
• In the unlikely event that a third-party files a complaint, claim, or lawsuit regarding infringement of intellectual property rights or other rights with respect to the submitted work, the applicant shall respond at their own expense and responsibility and shall not cause any damage to the organiser.

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