2024 TIKTOK TechJam (THE “TECHJAM”) OFFICIAL RULES (THE "OFFICIAL RULES")

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 

TO REGISTER AND/OR SUBMIT ANY ENTRY IN RESPECT OF THE TECHJAM CONSTITUTES AN AGREEMENT TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS A CONTRACT BETWEEN AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL (WHETHER AS PART OF A TEAM OR AS AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING IN THIS TECHJAM), THE SPONSOR, AND DEVPOST.

1. Dates and Timing

Registration and Submission Period: June 1, 2024 (7:00 am EST) – July 8, 2024 (11:45 pm EST) (“Submission Period”).

Judging Period: July 9, 2024 (12:00 am EST) – July 20, 2024 (11:45 pm EST) (“Judging Period”).

Public Voting Period: July 9, 2024 (12:00 am EST) – July 20, 2024 (11:45 pm EST) (“Public Voting Period”).

Finalist Announcement for Demo Day: July 21, 2024  (5:00 pm EST) (“Finalist Announcement for Demo Day").

Winners Announced: On or around August 8, 2024 (10:00 pm EST).

All dates and times in these Official Rules refer to Eastern Time (US & Canada) or “EST.”

2. Sponsor and Administrator 

TikTok Pte. Ltd., is an entity incorporated in Singapore with its business address at One Raffles Quay, Level 26 South Tower Singapore, Singapore 048583;

TikTok, Inc. Is an entity incorporated in the United States with its business address at 1199 Coleman Ave, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.  95110; 

TikTok Australia Pty Ltd. Is an entity incorporated in Australia with its business address at 180 George Street, Sydney NSW, 2000, Australia; (shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Sponsor”)

DO NOT SEND ENTRIES OR REQUESTS FOR OFFICIAL RULES OR WINNERS LISTS TO THESE ADDRESSES.

3. Eligibility 

The TechJam is only open to: 

Individuals who: 

(i) are at least 18 years of age (as of the date of registration)

(ii) currently reside in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand , or the USA 

(iii) are either enrolled in or in the process of matriculating at a tertiary institution with an expected graduation date in 2023 or later; 

• the tertiary institution must be located in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, or the USA

(iv) possess a valid form of government-issued identification; 

(v) are not subject to applicable sanctions prohibitions, including, without limitation, any person listed on the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List; 

(vi) are not officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of Sponsor, each of its respective parents, affiliated or related companies, agencies, suppliers of the materials or services related to TechJam, or members of any immediate families (defined as parents, siblings, children and spouses, regardless of where they live) or households (whether or not related) of such officers, directors, employees, agents, or representatives (the “Eligible Individuals”); and

Teams of up to 5 Eligible Individuals (“Teams”) (collectively with the Eligible Individuals shall hereinafter be referred to as the, “Entrants”)

Eligible Individuals who have registered at https://bit.ly/2024TikTokTechJamRegistrationSheet

 AND at https://tiktoktechjam2024.devpost.com. See details in Section 4. How to Enter.

An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team may also enter the TechJam as an Eligible Individual. If a Team is entering the TechJam, the Eligible Individuals of the Team must appoint and authorize one Eligible Individual from the Team (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and/or enter a Submission during the Submission Period, for and on the Team’s behalf. By entering a Submission on the TechJam Website on behalf of the Team, the Team and the Representative shall collectively represent and warrant that the appointed Representative is authorized to represent, act, and enter a Submission for and on behalf of the Team. 

The TechJam IS NOT open to:

Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the TechJam, including the Sponsor (“Promotion Entities”).

Employees, representatives and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household*

Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the TechJam, and each member of their immediate family or household*

Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge

Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above

Any other individual or organization whose participation in the TechJam would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, a real or apparent conflict of interest 

*The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year. 

**Agents include individuals or organizations that in creating a Submission to the TechJam, are acting on behalf of, and at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.

***An affiliate is: (a) an organization that is under common control, sharing a common majority or controlling owner, or common management; or (b) an organization that has a substantial ownership in, or is substantially owned by the other organization.

4. How To Enter 

Entrants may enter by visiting https://tiktoktechjam2024.devpost.com (“TechJam Website”) and following the below steps:

• Register for the TechJam on the TechJam Website here: https://bit.ly/2024TikTokTechJamRegistrationSheet

AND by clicking the “Join TechJam” button on https://tiktoktechjam2024.devpost.com . To complete registration, sign up to create a free Devpost account, or log in with an existing Devpost account. This will enable Entrants to receive important updates and to create the Entrant’s Submission.

• Entrants will complete a Project described below in Project Requirements. Use of the developer tools will be subject to the license agreement related thereto. Entry in the TechJam constitutes consent for the Sponsor and Devpost to collect and maintain an Entrant’s and/or each of the Entrant’s Eligible Individual’s personal information for the purpose of operating and publicizing the TechJam.

• To be considered for the People’s Choice bonus prize, participants must be registered for the TechJam on Devpost and vote during the Public Voting Period (the “Public Voting”) after the Submission Period.

• Create a video that includes footage that explains the Project’s features and functionality through a comprehensive demonstration.

• Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the TechJam Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period and follow the requirements below.

Project Requirements

What to Create: Entrants must choose a challenge category and problem statement that is open to their country of residence (see below) and build or update a working solution that utilizes TikTok’s APIs (each a “Project”):

• Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.

• Platforms: A submitted Project must run on the platform for which it is intended and which is specified in the Submission Requirements. 

• New & Existing: Projects must be either newly created by the Entrant or, if the Entrant’s Project existed prior to the TechJam Submission Period, must have been significantly updated after the start of the TechJam Submission Period.

• Third Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Entrant must be authorized to use them.

Submission Requirements. 

Submissions to the TechJam must meet the following requirements:

• Include a Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.

• Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of the Project. Text description should also include:

  • Development tools used to build the project
  • APIs used in the project
  • Assets used in the project
  • Libraries used in the project
  • The relevant problem statement

• Include a link to the team's public Github repository with Readme

• Include a demonstration video of the Project. The video portion of the Submission:

  • • should be less than three (3) minutes
    • should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
    • must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, Vimeo, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the TechJam Website; and
    • must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.

Note: Sponsor may require submitters to complete a short bio of all the team members after the submission deadline. Failure to submit a legitimate bio may result in disqualification.

Multiple Submissions: An Entrant may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Entrant’s other Submissions, as determined by the Sponsor and Devpost in their sole discretion.

Submission ownership: Be the original work of the Entrant, be solely owned by the Entrant, and not violate the IP rights of any other person or entity.

Public Distribution: The Entrant may make the Project available to the public via a website or online store but is not required to do so. 

Testing: Access must be provided to an Entrant’s working Project for judging and testing by providing a link to a website, functioning demo, or a test build. If Entrant’s website is private, Entrant must include login credentials in its testing instructions.The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Sponsor and Judges until the Judging Period ends. Judges are not required to test the Project and may choose to judge based solely on the text description, images, and video provided in the Submission. A link to the Entrant’s Github repository with Readme file is required. 

If the Project includes software that runs on proprietary or third party hardware that is not widely available to the public, including software running on devices or wearable technology other than smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers, the Sponsor reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to require the Entrant to provide physical access to the Project hardware upon request.  

Language Requirements

All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted. 

Team Representation

If the Entrant is a Team, the Team must appoint and authorize a Representative to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on the Team’s behalf. By entering a Submission on the TechJam Website on behalf of the Team, the Team and the Representative shall collectively represent and warrant that the appointed Representative is authorized to represent, act, and enter a Submission for and on behalf of the Team. 

Intellectual Property

A Submission must: (a) be an Entrant’s original work product; (b) be solely owned by the Eligible Individual or the Team, as the case may be, with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. An Entrant may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission provided the Submission components are solely the Entrant’s work product and the result of the Entrant’s ideas and creativity, and the Entrant owns all rights to them. An Entrant may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the TechJam, the Entrant represents, warrants, and agrees that his/her/their/its Submission meets these requirements.

Financial or Preferential Support: A Project must not have been developed, or derived from a project developed, with financial or preferential support from the Sponsor. Such projects include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Sponsor any time prior to the end of the Submission Period. The Sponsor, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Project, the Entrant, and its corresponding Submission, if awarding a prize to the Project would create a real or apparent conflict of interest.

5. Submission Modifications.

5.1 Draft Submissions: 

Prior to the end of the Submission Period, the Entrant may save draft versions of its Submission on Devpost before submitting the submission materials to the TechJam for evaluation. Once the Submission Period has ended, an Entrant may not make any changes or alterations to his/her/its submission, but the Entrant may continue to update the drafts of his/her/its Submission. 

5.2 Modifications: 

After the Submission Period, the Sponsor and Devpost may permit an Entrant to modify part of his/her/its submission after the Submission Period for the purpose of adding, removing or replacing material that potentially infringes a third party mark or right, discloses personally identifiable information, or is otherwise inappropriate. The modified submission must remain substantively the same as the original submission with the only modification being what the Sponsor and Devpost permits. 

6. Judges & Criteria.

Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”). Judges may be employees of the sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the TechJam Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the Sponsor. 

Stage One - The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether the ideas meet a baseline level of viability, in that the project reasonably fits the theme and reasonably applies the required APIs/SDKs featured in the TechJam.

Stage Two - All submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated in Stage Two based on the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”):

Entries will be judged on the following criteria, and according to the sole and absolute discretion of the judges:

1. Completeness 
   Includes successfully executing the project concept, implementing the main features/functionality, and creating a usable and well-designed product with a smooth experience. 
2. Creativity/Innovation
   Includes how unique, different, or novel the idea is compared to other solutions. Does it have the potential to disrupt an industry or create a new market?
3. Technical Accomplishment
   Includes leveraging the main features of the technology stack or platform and having adequate code quality, security and scalability. 
4. Product Value/Functionality
   Does the solution effectively address the recognized problem and have the potential for impact and usefulness?
5. Pitching Quality
   How effectively did the team design and present their submission? Please note that: Presentation will be the sole judging criterion for the finals

If selected as a finalist, the Entrant will be judged on the successfulness of his/her/its demo. The presentation must include good coverage of the problem, solution idea, objective, main functionalities of the hack, and other key content. 

The scores from the Judges will determine the Winners of the applicable Prizes. The Entrant(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.

Public Voting: People’s Choice Awards 

The People’s Choice Awards, described in Section 8, will be determined by public voting. Public voting will take place during the Public Voting Period. The Sponsor has the right to extend the Public Voting Period at any time for any reason.

The People’s Choice Award winners will be the eligible Submission with the highest number of verified votes received on the Submission’s webpage on the TechJam website during the Public Voting Period. Verified vote counts will be determined by the Sponsor. If there is a tie between two or more Submissions, the winner will be the Submission with the highest score from the Judges based on the Judging Criteria, and if applicable the Tie Breaker procedure, described above in Section 6.

Public voting is open to any person with a verified Devpost account. Each person is limited to one vote per Submission and may only vote using one account. Makers may not directly or indirectly offer or pay any monetary or other form of consideration in exchange for a vote.

You may not use any manual or automated vote process or methods, or multiple e-mail addresses, to circumvent the one-vote limit per person per Submission. Doing so will subject all of your votes to disqualification. The Sponsor may also disqualify a Maker, if the Maker receives multiple or irregular votes from the same user or users, receives votes in a manner that indicates manual, automated or other vote manipulation, or attempts to compensate voters.

If the voting process fails to operate properly or appears to be tampered with or tainted with errors, fraud or unfair practices, the Sponsor has the right to determine the People’s Choice Award winners by using non-suspect votes, or by any other means they deem appropriate. If no alternative means of determining winners of the People’s Choice Awards is available or selected, the Sponsor may terminate the People’s Choice Awards without designating a winner.

The Sponsor is not responsible for, and is not required to count any vote which, in their judgment, is incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, unlawful or illicit. This includes votes secured in breach of the voting rules above, as well as those lost for technical reasons, or otherwise in violation of these Official Rules. 

Tie Breaking. For each Prize listed below, if two or more submissions are tied, the tied submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher scoring submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied submissions.

7. Intellectual Property Rights.

All Submissions remain the intellectual property of the individuals that developed them. By submitting an entry, Entrants agree that the sponsor will have a fully paid, non-exclusive license to use such entry for judging the entry. Entrants agree that the sponsor and Devpost shall have the right to promote the submission and use the name, likeness, voice and image of all individuals contributing to a submission, in any materials promoting or publicizing the TechJam and its results, during the TechJam Period and for three years thereafter.  Submission components may be displayed to the public. Other Submission materials may be viewed by the Sponsor, Devpost, and the Judges for screening and evaluation. By submitting an entry or accepting any prize, Entrants represent and warrant that (a) submitted content is not copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless entrant is the owner of such rights or has permission from their rightful owner to post the content; and (b) the content submitted does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware or other disabling devices or harmful or malicious code.

8. Prizes.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON MULTIPLE PRIZE ELIGIBILITY:

Projects will only be eligible for up to 1 overall prize and up to 1 People’s Choice prize.

Substitutions & Changes: Prizes are non-transferable by the Winner. Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to make a Prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. Sponsor will not award a Prize if there are no eligible submissions entered in the TechJam, or if there are no eligible Entrants or submissions for a specific Prize.

Verification Requirement: THE AWARD OF A PRIZE TO A POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION. No Submission shall be deemed a winning Submission until the relevant Winner’s (including all of the Entrant’s Eligible Individuals’) post-competition affidavits have been completed and verified, even if such Winner has been announced verbally or on the competition website. The final decision to designate a Winner shall be made by the Sponsor and/or Administrator. Deadline for Returning Required Forms: ten (10) business days after the Required Forms are sent. Failure to return the required forms may result in disqualification. Failure of the winner to return the paperwork in more than three months will result in forfeiture of the Prize. The form of notification including but not limited to email and Devpost in-site messages from the manager;

Prize Delivery: Prizes will be payable to the Winner. If the Winner comprises a Team, the Prize shall be paid to such Team’s Representative and it will be the sole responsibility of such Representative to allocate the Prize among his/her Team’s participating Eligible Individuals, as the Team deems appropriate. A monetary Prize will be mailed to the Winner’s address, sent electronically to the Winner’s email address, or to the Winner’s bank account (in the case of a Team, the Representative’s bank account), only after receipt of the completed winner affidavit and other required forms (collectively the “Required Forms”), if applicable. Failure to provide correct information on the Required Forms, or other correct information required for the delivery of a Prize, may result in delayed Prize delivery, disqualification of the Entrant concerned, or forfeiture of a Prize. Prizes will be delivered within 60 days of the Sponsor or Devpost’s receipt of the completed Required Forms.

Fees & Taxes: Winners (including all Eligible Individuals of a Team) are responsible for any fees associated with receiving or using a Prize, including but not limited to, wiring fees or currency exchange fees. Winners (including all Eligible Individuals of a Team) are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable taxes in their jurisdiction of residence (federal, state/provincial/territorial and local). Winners (including all Eligible Individuals of a Team) may be required to provide certain information to facilitate receipt of the award, including completing and submitting any tax or other forms necessary for compliance with applicable withholding and reporting requirements. Winners are also responsible for complying with foreign exchange and banking regulations in their respective jurisdictions and reporting the receipt of the Prize to relevant government departments/agencies, if necessary. The Sponsor, Devpost, and/or Prize provider reserves the right to withhold a portion of the prize amount to comply with the tax laws of the United States or other sponsor jurisdiction, or those of a winner’s jurisdiction.

9. Entry Conditions and Release.

By entering the TechJam, each Entrant (including each participating Eligible Individual of a Team) agree(s) to the following:

1. The relationship between the Entrant, and the Sponsor, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.
2. The Entrant (including each Eligible Individual of a Team) will be bound by and comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and/or the TechJam Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to the TechJam.
3. The Entrant (including each Eligible Individual of a Team) shall release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Sponsor, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the Prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the TechJam, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (hereafter the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Entrant’s entry, creation of Submission, or participation in the TechJam, acceptance or use or misuse of the Prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of the Submission as authorized or licensed by these Official Rules. 

Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Parties shall have no liability in connection with: 

1. Any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Sponsor’s electronic or printing error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the TechJam; 
2. Technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, internet connectivity or electronic transmission errors, or network hardware or software or failure of the TechJam Website;
3. Unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the TechJam; 
4. Technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the TechJam or the processing of Submissions; or 
5. Any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Entrant’s participation in the TechJam or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

The Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, lost, illegible, or incomprehensible Submissions or for address or email address changes of the Entrants. Proof of sending or submitting the aforementioned will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by the Sponsor. If for any reason any Entrant’s Submission is determined to have not been received or been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Entrant’s sole remedy is to request the opportunity to resubmit its Submission. Such a request must be made promptly after the Entrant knows or should have known there was a problem and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

10. Publicity.

By participating in the TechJam, an Entrant consents to the promotion and display of his/her/their/its Submission, and to the use of personal information about the Entrant (including Eligible Individuals of a Team) for promotional purposes, by the Sponsor and third parties acting on its behalf. Such personal information includes, but is not limited to, an individual’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments and hometown and country of residence. It may be used in any existing or newly created media, worldwide without further payment or consideration or right of review, unless prohibited by law. Authorized use includes but is not limited to advertising and promotional purposes. 

11. General Conditions. 

• Sponsor reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the TechJam, or any part of it, in the event of a technical failure, fraud, or any other factor or event that was not anticipated or is not within their control.

• Sponsor reserves the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any Entrant (whether as a participating Eligible Individual or a Team) and/or reject any Entrant’s Submission if it finds to be actually or presenting the appearance of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the TechJam or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a manner that is inappropriate, unsportsmanlike, not in the best interests of this TechJam, or a violation of any applicable law or regulation.

• Any attempt by any person to undermine the proper conduct of the TechJam may be a violation of criminal and civil law. Should the Sponsor suspect that such an attempt has been made or is threatened, they reserve the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to requiring an Entrant to cooperate with an investigation and referral to criminal and civil law enforcement authorities.

• If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any TechJam materials, including but not limited to the TechJam Submission form, TechJam Website, or advertising, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail.

• The terms and conditions of the Official Rules are subject to change at any time, including the rights or obligations of the Entrant and the Sponsor. The Sponsor will post the terms and conditions of the amended Official Rules on the TechJam Website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amendment will become effective at the time specified in the posting of the amended Official Rules or, if no time is specified, the time of posting.

• If, at any time before the specified deadline, an Entrant or prospective Entrant identifies a term within the Official Rules that appears ambiguous or unclear, they must promptly submit a written request for clarification. If no such request is made, the Entrant or prospective Entrant will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to comply with all terms and conditions contained in the Official Rules.

• The Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Should any provision of these Official Rules be or become illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction whose laws or regulations may apply to an Entrant, such illegality or unenforceability shall leave the remainder of these Official Rules, including the Rule affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unaffected and valid. The illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that comes closest and best reflects the sponsor’s intention in a legal and enforceable manner with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision.

• Excluding Submissions, all intellectual property related to this TechJam, including but not limited to copyrighted material, trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned or used under license by the Sponsor. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owners is strictly prohibited. Any use in a Submission of Sponsor’s intellectual property shall be used solely to the extent provided for in these Official Rules.

12. Limitations of Liability.

By entering, all Eligible Individuals (whether participating as a Team or as an Eligible Individual)) agree to release the Released Parties from any and all liability arising out of and/or in connection with the Prizes and/or his or her registration and/or participation in the TechJam; provided, however, that any liability limitation regarding gross negligence or intentional acts, or events of death or body injury shall not be applicable in jurisdictions where such limitation is not legal.

13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this TechJam, each Eligible Individual agrees that any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this TechJam, or any Prizes awarded, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in Singapore administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the rules of the SIAC for the time being in force. The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of one (1) arbitrator, nominated jointly by the parties. The language of the arbitration shall be English. 

B. Under no circumstances will each Eligible Individual be permitted to obtain awards for, and each Eligible Individual hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this TechJam), and each Eligible Individual further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

C. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with this TechJam, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Singapore.

14. Additional Terms

Please review the Devpost Terms of Service at https://info.devpost.com/terms for additional rules that apply to your participation in the TechJam and more generally your use of the TechJam Website. Such Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into these Official Rules, including that the term "Poster" in the Terms of Service shall mean the same as "Sponsor" in these Official rules." If there is a conflict between the Terms of Service and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control with respect to this TechJam only.

15. Data Using Terms.

1. Do not attempt to re-identify any individual or personal information. Any such attempt will be grounds for disqualification and subject to further escalation

2. All data used or processed should be deleted at the completion of the competition.

16. Entrant’s Personal Information.

Information collected from entrants is subject to Devpost’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://info.devpost.com/privacy.

For questions related to the platform and rules, send an email to support@devpost.com.

For questions related to the TikTok TechJam 2024 itself, send an email to AMSTechJam@tiktok.com or APACTechJam@tiktok.com, according to the region you're based

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