(i)  Technology-Customized Sneakers. Photos of customized sneakers must be captured with either a digital camera or scanned from a film slide, negative or print and submitted in the baseline JPEG recording format. Prints or slides are ineligible. Photos of customized sneakers must be taken against a solid background (preferably, black or white); photos cannot include any props or added graphics (the photos should only include the customized sneakers). In addition, the photos should NOT include any content as to the statement/message represented by the customized sneakers. (In other words, the images of the customized sneakers should “speak for themselves.”) Complete specifications for photos will be supplied to high school along with sneakers, as per Rule II (B) above; such specifications are made a part of these Official Rules and incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the specifications and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control in all respects.

* (ii)  Custom Print. Custom print design must be confined to the sheet of blank/white paper (11” x 14”) provided to high school by Vans as per Rule II (B). Custom print design must be two-dimensional (“2D”), not three- dimensional (“3D”). No additional or supplementary materials will be considered in evaluating a high school’s custom print design submission so as to determine the high school which wins the Technology In Design Prize. Complete specifications for custom prints will be supplied to high school (see Rule II (B) above); such specifications are made a part of these Official Rules and incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the specifications and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control in all respects.

* (iii)  Photos/Custom Print Designs– Rights. Photos/Custom print designs must be solely the ORIGINAL work of the students of the high school, except only for the assistance of the authorized representative and/or high school teacher(s) and, in the case of custom print designs only, for the information/materials provided by Sponsor on www.vans.com/customculture. {However, if Vans or judges determine, in their sole discretion, that permitted assistance by third parties is excessive such that the entry no longer represents the actual work of the students themselves, the entry may be disqualified. Further, with regard to custom print design, if Vans or judges determine, in their sole discretion, that students have merely copied or replicated examples available for reference purposes on the Vans Custom Culture web site, the entry may also be disqualified.} DO NOT COPY (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) THE WORKS OF THIRD PARTIES (OR, IN THE CASE OF THE CUSTOM PRINT DESIGN, THE EXAMPLES OR ILLUSTRATIONS PROVIDED ON THE VANS CUSTOM CULTURE WEB SITE). Photos/custom print design cannot include any content that violates or infringes upon the intellectual property or other rights of any third party (including but not limited to rights of publicity, privacy, patent, trademark, copyright, or libel, defamation or slander). BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY, DO NOT USE IN THE PHOTOS OR CUSTOM PRINT DESIGNS THE NAMES OR LOGOS OF FAVORITE BANDS; THE NAMES OF CELEBRITIES/ATHLETES, REPRODUCTIONS OF WORKS OF ART, OR OTHER MATERIALS NOT CREATED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. Other than the sneakers themselves (relative to photos) and information/materials provided on the Vans Custom Culture website (relative to custom print design), submission should not include any content that is not owned or licensed by high school (i.e., authorized representative, participating high school teacher(s) and students). If Vans, in its sole discretion, suspects such violation/infringement of third party rights, entry will be disqualified. For the avoidance of doubt, Sponsor grants authorized representative, participating high school teacher(s) and students (students’ parents’/legal guardians’, if students are minors in their jurisdiction of residence) the limited, non- transferable right to use the Vans brand name and associated trademarks as well as the information/materials provided on the Vans Custom Culture website solely for purposes of participation in this Contest in accordance with these Official Rules, with the understanding that such use is solely for the benefit of Sponsor and will terminate automatically at the end of the Contest. (Any other use of Sponsor’s trademarks or of information/materials provided on the Vans Custom Culture web site constitutes an actionable violation of Sponsor’s rights.) 

* (iv)  Other Content Requirements. Entry must NOT promote a commercial/business enterprise, a charity, political, religious cause or any cause other than the applicable themes of the Contest. Entry must NOT include any content that is unfit for publication (as determined by Vans or judges in their sole discretion) or that has been previously published (on-line or otherwise) except, with respect to the custom print design, the information/materials provided by Sponsor on the Vans Custom Culture website.