Official Design Club Terms & Conditions

1. HOW TO JOIN: NO PURCHASE OR INTERNET ACCESS NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF SELECTION. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. The Rex by SOCKBOX Design Club (“Design Club” or “Club”) begins 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (MT) on December 1, 2020. There are three (3) ways to enter: online at https://sockbox.ca/rex/design-club/, or by mail, or by emailing rexdesignclub@sockbox.ca. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries for children under age 13 must be submitted by a parent, teacher, or legal guardian.

Online Method: To enter online during the open entry period, go to https://sockbox.ca/rex/design-club/, download the entry form, and start designing on the template for crew socks provided. Provide your design title, name, telephone number, and email address (for entrants under 13, your parent/legal guardian’s telephone number and email address), date of birth on submission date, upload the completed entry form, and click submit. Entrants must complete all data requested on the online entry form.

Mail-in Method: In the alternative, you may enter the club by mailing your design entry (using the same entry template for socks) along with your name, address, telephone number and email address (if you have one) to: SOCKBOX.ca ATTN: Rex Design Club,
612 – 500 Country Hills Blvd NE, Suite 110, Calgary, Alberta T3K 5K3. The design submitted must be the entrant’s original creation and shall not be copied or duplicated from previously published art. The design must fill the template crew sock provided or available online. Incomplete entries are void. All entries submitted become the sole property of SOCKBOX and will not be acknowledged or returned, but SOCKBOX will not use a design without the designer’s permission, and chosen designers will be compensated for any designs put into production. SOCKBOX reserves the right to alter any selected design if necessary.

SOCKBOX assumes no responsibility for damaged, stolen, lost, late, misdirected, illegible or mutilated submissions or designs for any computer, online, telephone, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability, garbled or jumbled transmissions, service provider, Internet, web site, or other accessibility or availability issues, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention, or any technical malfunctions that may occur. Entrants shall be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain name associated with the submitted e-mail address.

2. ELIGIBILITY: This Design Club is open to entrants under the age of 18, but if an entrant is under age 13, a parent, teacher, or legal guardian must submit the design for the child. This is NOT A CONTEST, however in such jurisdictions where it is deemed it may be deemed a contest, it will be governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada and is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

3. SELECTION: Considering all of the following criteria in each selection process to determine the design(s) chosen: (1) simplicity of design (designs that are too complicated or detailed don’t work well on socks); (2) use of a maximum of six colours; (3) use of colours that are flat and solids, NO shading, blending or halftones; (4) use of pattern; (5) use of imagery, themes, patterns, or designs that are different from our current offering; and (6) originality. All of these criteria are preferences that will be used during all rounds of selection. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Design Club Terms & Conditions and the decisions of the team, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Odds of selection depend on the total number of eligible entries received. Designer (or in the case of children under 13, his or her parent, teacher, or legal guardian) will be notified via email, and/or telephone.

4. COMPENSATION: The designer of each design selected for production will receive at minimum one production pair of the chosen Rex by SOCKBOX design, plus any additional promotional or compensation at the discretion of SOCKBOX. Socks cannot be exchanged for cash, and rewards cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion.

5. GENERAL CONDITIONS: All federal, provincial, and local taxes, fees and surcharges on rewards are the sole responsibility of the designer. Designer(s) (or in the case of minors, their parent or legal guardian) will be required to execute a contract for the winning designs and an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form. Return of any reward and/or reward notification as undeliverable or failure of any entrant to comply with any Official Terms & Conditions will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate designer.

Designers or their parent or legal guardian grant SOCKBOX the right to use and publish winner’s first name & last initial, designs, age and province of residence online and in print, or any other media, in connection with the Design Club. Acceptance of a reward constitutes permission for SOCKBOX and their advertising and promotional agencies to use winners’ names and likenesses for editorials, advertising and promotional purposes without payment of additional compensation unless prohibited by law. Each entrant, or his or her parent or legal guardian, represents and warrants that all designs are entrant’s own work and will not infringe on the rights of any third parties.

By entering, each participant, or his or her parent/legal guardian, releases and holds harmless SOCKBOX, Facebook, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Design Club or any reward won, any misuse or malfunction of any reward, participation in any Design Club related activity, or participation in the Design Club.

As a condition of participating in this Design Club, each participant, or his or her parent/legal guardian, agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between and the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Club shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively, before a court of competent jurisdiction located in Calgary, Alberta which court shall apply the laws of the Province of Alberta without regard for rules of conflicts of law. In any such dispute, participant and/or his or her parent or legal guardian shall, under no circumstances, be entitled to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (if any) associated with participating in the Club, and participant hereby waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CLUB IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SOCKBOX RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

6. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: SOCKBOX and Facebook are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Club or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Club, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. SOCKBOX and Facebook assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. SOCKBOX and Facebook are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of e-mail or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participant’s or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Club. If, for any reason, the Club is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of SOCKBOX which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Club, SOCKBOX reserves the right at their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Club.

IN NO EVENT WILL SOCKBOX, FACEBOOK, THEIR PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND RELATED COMPANIES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, OR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AGENTS, AND REPRESENTATIVES, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF PARTICIPANT’S ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE INTERNET SITE https://www.sockbox.ca/ OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING OF MATERIAL FROM SAID SITES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

7. LIST OF DESIGNS: For a list of selected designs, after January 15, 2021 mail a separate, self-addressed stamped envelope to: Rex by SOCKBOX Design Club, 612 – 500 Country Hills Blvd NE, Suite 110, Calgary, Alberta T3K 5K3.

8. This Club is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Any information provided in connection with this Club is provided to SOCKBOX, and not to Facebook.