Terms and Conditions
Terms of Submission
By selecting the “Sign Me Up!” button, you are agreeing to the following terms, which serve as a binding agreement (hereinafter “the Agreement”) between you and Thropic LLC. (“Thropic”).
If your Design is selected as the winner of a Thropic competition—which includes, but is not limited to, “Thropic Limited Edition(s)” as these awards are defined in the Thropic Contest Rules, or any other promotional award(s) that may from time to time be offered by Thropic, and that result in the publishing and/or dissemination of your Design by Thropic--in consideration for the prizes offered in connection with the various Thropic awards, which prizes are set forth in the Thropic Contest Rules, you hereby grant to Thropic, its licensees and assignees, an exclusive right to: (1) reproduce the Design or any parts, alterations or derivatives thereof, in any media or embodiment now known or hereafter to become known (the Products); and (2) publicly display, perform or exhibit, or distribute the Design, as part of the Products, in any way now known or hereafter to become known including without limitation by transmission, broadcast, or electronic communication.
If your Design is not selected as a winner within 60 days from the date of submission, you are free to use your Design for any commercial purpose. In order to do this, contact Thropic after the 60 day period and request the removal of your Design from the website.
Without limiting other remedies, Thropic may at its sole discretion remove any Design from publication and/or dissemination if it thinks that the Design is creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or is inconsistent with the letter or spirit of Thropic’s policies, including poor design.
The Design may be modified in any way whatsoever, used as a basis for additional illustrations or images (whether or not by you), and the Design and any modifications or derivatives thereof may be digitized without any additional approval being required of you, with the exception that you shall be shown such modifications and derivatives and shall have a right to withdraw use of your name as a credit. You hereby waive any and all attribution and integrity rights with regard to the Design whether arising under the law of any state of the United States, United States federal law, or the law of any other country.
Thropic shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Design in the Product is accompanied by a reasonable credit to you (subject to your right to withdraw such credit as discussed above).
This Agreement, in whole or in part, may be freely assigned by Thropic. You may not assign this Agreement in whole or in part without the prior written approval of Thropic.
If any part, term or provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal, unenforceable, or in conflict with any law of a federal, state or local government having jurisdiction over this Agreement, the validity of the remaining portions or provisions shall not be affected thereby.
This Agreement contains the entire understanding of you and Thropic with respect to the subject matter hereof and with respect to the matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings. This Agreement shall not be modified except in writing.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws and notwithstanding the fact that you may be domiciled in a different state or country. You stipulate and agree that any and all claims, disputes, controversies, suits or actions arising out of or relating to the provisions of this Agreement or the subject matter hereof and initiated by you, or any successor in interest, shall be adjudicated exclusively in the Circuit or District Courts of Pennsylvania, or the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, which courts shall have the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any and all such claims, disputes, controversies, suits or actions, and you hereby stipulate and submit to the personal and subject matter jurisdiction of such courts with respect to such claims.
No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
A failure of either party to exercise any right provided for herein shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any right hereunder.
Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation of Thropic to manufacture and/or disseminate any specific quantity of Product containing the Design. All manufacturing, dissemination and marketing decisions regarding each Design are left to the sole discretion of Thropic.
The Thropic Contest (hereinafter “the Contest”) is the competition as described in the Thropic Contest Rules.
By submitting any word, combination of words, symbol, slogan, photographic image, graphic design or any other type of design (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Design”) for consideration in the Contest, you represent and warrant to Thropic that you have the right and authority to convey the rights granted hereunder; that the Design is original and free and clear of any encumbrances or liens and is not subject to any third-party agreements or arrangements that would interfere with their use; that the Design is not libelous, slanderous, obscene, and does not plagiarize; and that the exercise of rights herein granted will not infringe upon any copyright, right of privacy or any other rights whatsoever of any third party. You shall hold Thropic harmless and shall indemnify Thropic for all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney fee's) in the event of a breach of any of the foregoing warranties or representations. These warranties and representations do not extend to any material not furnished by you.
Thropic Contest Rules
All submitted designs are limited to a maximum of eight (8) colors not including the color of the shirt.
Shirt color for all printed designs is limited to the color offering currently available on Thropic.com and is subject to change at any time according to availability.
Thropic.com reserves the right to make necessary minor adjustments or changes to submitted designs in order to conform artwork to manufacturing requirements. Thropic.com also reserves the right to make any other final decisions pertaining to a design's ink colors, sizing, placement, appliqué, or embroidery.
All submitted designs must be the original work of the participant.
Works previously published in any location other than Thropic.com may not be submitted without express prior permission from Thropic.
Submissions may not contain any intellectual property of any third party such as logos, trademarks, service marks or copyrighted material.
Thropic.com reserves the right to reject any submission that it deems in its sole discretion to be inappropriate, profane oroffensive.
Designs accepted into Thropic Contests and posted to the website may be removed at anytime prior to voting ending at the sole discretion of the Thropic directors.
All submitted designs become temporary property of Thropic.com for a period of 60 days from the submission date. If the design is printed within the 60 day period, Thropic then retains permanent exclusive rights to that design for commercial use on apparel and other promotional products. If a design is not printed within the 60 day period, the participant may assume full rights to their design by contacting Thropic.com via email at curator@Thropic.com and electing to have their design removed from the Thropic.com archives.
Submitted designs are eligible to be chosen for Thropic's Limited Editions.
Winning shirts are determined by a combination of voting results, member comments, Thropic staff and guest jurors.
Participants that win placement in the receive $250.00 (US dollars) cash and $250 of Thropic.com store credit.
Participants that win the Special Edition will receive an award as dictated by the Edition
Your cash prize and store credit will be transferred to you within 5 business days from when your winning design is announced on our site. The cash portion of your prize is sent via PayPal.
Thropic Giving
Causes are registered non-profits that are accepted into the Thropic community. Thropic Causes receive donations made through the sale of T-Shirts.
T-shirts are $15.00. For every shirt that is sold Thropic will donate 50% of the gross profit to the Cause of the user's choice.