Legal procedure
All rights and contents worthy of protection which are brought into the Challenge (Foreground IP) remain completely with the participants. If teams and participants do not belong to the winners of the challenge, all rights also remain with the participants at all time.
Should new content worthy of protection be developed in the course of the Challenge (Background IP), the rights will be transferred or granted to the Challenge-Giver against payment of the prize money if no other agreement is made.
Furthermore, during the interview phase, an obligatory coordination meeting between the qualified participants and tesa will take place. Here a binding agreement on what is to be understood as a Foreground IP needs to be reached.
In addition, a different agreement can be reached on the handling of Foreground IP and Background IP if needed and intended from one party.
Note: If the parties (Challenge-Giver and participants) cannot agree on a procedure, the Challenge-Giver is entitled to appoint a successor and to exclude the team concerned without compensation.
All binding information can be found in our terms of participation.
