Wireless Leadership Awards

The 2010 Wireless Leadership Awards - Official Rules (the "Agreement")

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

1 PROMOTION PERIOD
The 2010 Wireless Leadership Awards (the "Promotion") will take place from 12:00:00 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Savings Time, USA) Monday, January 4, 2010 (The "Start Date") to 11:59:59 P.M. (Eastern Daylight Savings Time, USA) Sunday, March 7, 2010 (Collectively, the "Promotion Period"). Entries will be accepted from the Start Date until 11:59:59 P.M. (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) Sunday, March 7, 2010. RIM's computer is the official timekeeping device for the Promotion

2 PROMOTION ORGANIZERS
For the purposes of the Promotion, the organizer is Research In Motion Limited ("RIM").

3 ELIGIBILITY
The Promotion is open to organizations with at least one office located in North America (excluding Quebec), Latin America, Asia-Pacific Region or Europe and to individuals who have reached the age of majority and are resident in North America (excluding Quebec), Latin America, Asia-Pacific Region or Europe, entering on behalf of businesses or public sector bodies that are BlackBerry® customers. This Promotion is void where it is prohibited or restricted by law. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. This Promotion is subject to federal, state/provincial, and local laws. Employees, contractors, directors and officers (collectively, "Personnel") of RIM, and RIM's subsidiaries and affiliated companies and Personnel's immediate family members (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) and those living in the same households of each are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.

4 HOW TO ENTER
To participate in the Promotion You must register during the Promotion Period online by completing all required fields on the official entry form (at http://www.attendwes.com/wla/entry-form), including any supporting documentation required for evaluation. Providing You meet the eligibility criteria above, and have been successfully registered online during the Promotion Period, You will become an entrant in the Promotion (an "Entrant"). Each Entrant acknowledges that RIM shall not be required to award more than one Prize to any winning Entrant. However, Entrants may submit more than one official entry form.
Entrant shall be at all times responsible for the accuracy of submitted registration information. RIM does not accept any responsibility for late, lost, delayed, corrupted, illegible or incomplete registrations, which shall be disqualified at the sole discretion of RIM.
Entrants should not include any information which is proprietary or confidential as all information submitted to RIM for the purposes and in relation to the Promotion will not be treated as confidential information.

5 PRIZE
There will be three (3) categories of applications permitted: i) Innovation in Public Sector; ii) Innovation in Private Sector; iii) Business Impact; (each an "Entry"). A maximum of three (3) entries in each category will be selected as finalists, with the winner in each category to be selected from the list of finalists in that category.

From the finalists in each category, RIM will choose a maximum of one (1) Winner in each category. Entries will be evaluated within the context of three evaluation criteria:

Innovation in Private Sector Award and Innovation in Public Sector Award

Business Impact Award

Prizes

Winners-Three prizes, one for each category of award. Each prize valued up to an estimated $20,000.00 US and comprised of the following:

Finalists - Six finalists, two in each category. Each prize valued up to an estimated $10,000.00 US and comprised of the following:

* Meals and incidental costs are not included. Prize value may vary depending on flight and hotel costs. Transportation to and from departure and arrival airports is the responsibility of winning Entrant.

** The Entrants acknowledge and understand that use of the Devices is subject to acceptance of the BlackBerry End User License provided with the Devices and the use of the third party software is subject to the license agreement provided with the third party software, hardware, products or services (collectively, the "Third Party Information"). Your use of Third Party Information shall be governed by and subject to Your agreement with the third party, including without limitation, Your agreement to the terms of separate Third Party Information licenses, if any. Any Third Party Information that is provided with or without RIM's products and/or services is provided "as is". RIM makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the Third Party Information and RIM assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the Third Party Information even if RIM has been advised of the possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages. The inclusion of Third-Party Information herein does not imply endorsement by RIM of the Third Party Information or the third party in any way. RIM does not control and is not responsible for any Third Party Information, including without limitation, the content, accuracy, intellectual property issues, compatibility, performance, trustworthiness, legality, decency, links, or any other aspect of the Third Party Information. The Entrants acknowledge and understand that the Devices will not operate without activation and that airtime services and other services are not included. Entrants acknowledge and agree that Entrants shall be responsible for the set up and payment of any monthly airtime service fees as well as any other applicable set up or other applicable fees in order to activate the Devices.

*** Each BlackBerry Certification exam voucher must be used within 12 months of the award being provided.

6 AWARDING OF PRIZE
The winning Entrants will be determined at the offices of RIM, located at 185 Columbia Street, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 5Z5 on March 15, 2010 at approximately 12:00pm, Eastern Daylight Savings Time, USA.

All winning Entrants will be contacted by RIM via the e-mail address provided by the Entrant on the entry form on or about March 15, 2010, and will be announced at WES 2010. Should RIM fail to receive an acknowledgment from a winning Entrant, and confirmation of their ability to send a representative to WES 2010, within 5 days of sending notification of winning, RIM reserves the right to withdraw the Prize and award the Prize to another Entrant.

Each of the winning Entrants will be presented with their award at WES 2010 (exact time and date to be determined). Winners are expected to make every effort to have a senior executive available on-site, in person at WES 2010 to accept the award and participate in a video presentation on site that may be posted on event site at http://www.attendwes.com/ ("Promotion Website").

In the event of a tie, in any of the categories, RIM will award duplicate prizes. The decisions of the judges are final and binding on all Entrants for all aspects of the Promotion.

Each winning Entrant will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility Form and a Release of Liability Form within seven [7] from the date sent to winning Entrant by RIM and must possess required travel documents (e.g. photo identification) where applicable. These Forms will be sent to winning Entrants by email once RIM has received acknowledgement from winning Entrants. Failure to sign and return these Forms within the allotted time may result in disqualification and an alternate winning Entrant will be selected.

7 PROMOTION PARTICIPATION
By entering the Promotion, You agree, if requested by RIM, to participate in a joint press release to be released during WES 2010, posting on the Promotion Website, and other publicity and media initiatives to be determined by RIM.
By entering the Promotion, You grant RIM, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees, (collectively “RIM Companies”) a global, perpetual, and royalty-free license to use Your written and/or electronic submissions, name, trademarks, trade and company names, logo designs, photographs, likeness, recorded voice, statements, biographical, personal or company information and the like (collectively, “Your Information”), captured in any form during WES 2010 , including but not limited to video, audio, and still photography, and by means of your entry into the Contest, and You grant RIM Companies the right to reproduce, copy, use, distribute, broadcast, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, edit, modify, reformat, translate and/or publish Your Information in whole or in part, or in composite or altered character or form, in conjunction with Your own or fictitious name, in any print media, web content, CDs, DVDs, videos, or any other media in existence or yet to be developed (the “Medium”) created by or on behalf of RIM, now known and hereafter discovered and/or developed, for the purposes of marketing and promoting WES 2010. You agree that RIM maintains all right, title and ownership of the intellectual property rights in any Medium created by or on behalf of RIM for the purposes of marketing and promoting WES 2010, and that the Medium shall remain the sole property of RIM, without any further consideration to You, whether or not the Medium incorporates Your Information.
You waive any right that You may have to inspect and/or approve any marketing, advertising, publicity, trade, promotional and/or other materials (“Materials”) produced in connection with any of Your Information, and release any and all present or future rights You may have in the Materials and/or Your Information, including without limitation any rights to royalties or other compensation arising out of or related to the Materials and/or Your Information hereunder. You hereby waive any moral rights that You may have in the Materials and/or Your Information, effective upon the date of creation of them.
Your Information provided by You to RIM for the Promotion is owned or otherwise controlled by You and You represent that You have obtained all licenses and permissions necessary for the submission of Your information by You and use by RIM Companies of Your information as contemplated by this Agreement.

8 ODDS OF WINNING
The odds of winning are dependent on the number of valid entries received during the Promotion Period. In the event of a tie, in any of the categories, RIM will award duplicate prizes.

9 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
9.1 Verification of Entries. The validity of any Entry is subject to verification by RIM. Any illegible, incomplete or fraudulent Entries will be rejected. Any Entrant or any individual who enters or attempts to enter the Promotion in a manner which is contrary to these rules or by its nature is unjust to other Entrants will be rejected. All decisions of RIM with respect to any aspect of the Promotion, including the eligibility or disqualification of Entrants, are final, without right of appeal.
9.2 Communication of Winners. The winning Entrants will be posted on the Promotion website at http://www.attendwes.com/wla between the dates of April 27, 2010 and April 1, 2011.
9.3 Acceptance of Prize. The Prize, save as provided for in these rules, must be accepted as described above and cannot be substituted for another item or exchanged in whole or in part for cash. Refusal to accept the Prize may result in complete forfeiture of the Prize, at RIM's sole discretion.
9.4 Substitution of Prize. In the event that, for reasons beyond RIM's control and not related to the winning Entrants, RIM is unable to award the Prize as described in this Agreement, RIM reserves the right to award a prize of equivalent or greater value, or, at RIM's sole discretion, the cash value of the Prize, or a combination of a portion of the Prize and cash.
9.5 Non-awarding of Prize. In the event that no entries are received in one or more Categories, or no entry in one or more Categories is deemed by RIM in its sole discretion to merit a Prize and/or Prize recognition, RIM may, in its sole discretion, decline to award a Prize in one or more Categories.
9.6 Exclusion of Liability - General. By participating in this Promotion, You agree to release and hold RIM, its advertising and promotions agencies, parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any and all liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind arising from participation in or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitations, (i) awarding, acceptance, receipt, possession, use and/or misuse of the Prize obtained herein; or (ii) participation in any Prize related activities, such as travelling to or from any Prize related activity. The above exclusion of liability shall not apply to death or personal injury caused as a result of RIM's negligence.
9.7 Exclusion of Liability - Promotion Operation. By entering the Promotion, You agree to release and discharge RIM from any and all liability resulting from (i) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible communications or affidavits, regardless of the method of transmission; (ii)_ telephone system, telephone or computer hardware, software or other technical or computer malfunctions, lost connections, disconnections, delays or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of Promotion data; (iv) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Promotion; or (v) any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with this Promotion, which could limit or prevent You from entering or participating in the Promotion.
9.8 Modification. RIM reserves the right to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Promotion in whole or in part, at RIM's sole discretion, in the event of a virus, a computer bug or unauthorized human intervention or any other cause that is beyond the control of RIM that could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality or normal course of the Promotion.
9.9 Taxes. As RIM must report to the applicable taxing authorities the award of any Prizes which have a monetary value, each winning Entrant is solely responsible for the payment of any taxes as may be required by the applicable taxing authority.
9.10 Registration Information. By completing and submitting the information requested in the course of the Promotion to RIM, You are confirming to RIM that You are authorized to i) provide the requested information above to RIM; ii) that the requested information provided by You is not considered confidential by You or any third party for the purposes of RIM's internal use and to facilitate Your participation in the Promotion. This may include disclosing to RIM Your social security number, social insurance number, or tax identification number to facilitate the receipt or administration of a Prize.
9.11 Personal Information. By submitting Your personal information to Research In Motion Limited and/or its affiliates ("RIM"), You consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of Your personal information by RIM for the purposes of RIM's internal use, to facilitate Your participation in the Promotion and to contact You, if necessary, in relation to the Promotion, in accordance with RIM's privacy policy, which may be viewed at http://www.blackberry.com/legal/privacy.shtml .
9.12 Third Party Information. Your use of Third Party Information shall be governed by and subject to Your agreement with the Third Party, including without limitation, Your agreement to the terms of separate Third Party Information licenses, if any. Any Third Party Information that is provided with or without RIM's products and/or services is provided "as is". RIM makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the Third Party Information and RIM assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the Third Party Information even if RIM has been advised of the possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages. The inclusion of Third-Party Information herein does not imply endorsement by RIM of the Third Party Information or the third party in any way. RIM does not control and is not responsible for any Third Party Information, including without limitation, the content, accuracy, intellectual property issues, compatibility, performance, trustworthiness, legality, decency, links, or any other aspect of the Third Party Information.
9.13 Governing Law. These Official Rules shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. You irrevocably waive any objection on the grounds of venue, forum non-conveniens or any similar grounds and irrevocably consent to service of process by mail or in any other manner permitted by applicable law and consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario. You further hereby waive any right to a trial by jury with respect to any lawsuit or judicial proceeding arising or relating to these Official Rules.

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