The 9th Taihu Award Design Competition & High Value Patent Cultivation Competition of the 16th China (Wuxi) International Design Expo

(The registration deadline for the competition is September 30, 2020)

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organizer

State Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government

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Theme and purpose

Theme: INGENIOUS CREATION INTELLIGENT INNOVATION

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Contest category

This year’s competition has two groups: "Creative Group" and "Product Group" for solicitation and review. The main categories cover:

Creative group: Collect and appraise innovative works that have not yet been mass-produced, which can be conceptual designs for future production and lifestyles, or alternative solutions to traditional products, and they are highly achievable.

Product group: To collect and appraise works that have been designed or mass-produced, and the entries are required to be innovative, practical, beautiful, economical and safe.

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prize settings

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Contest process and schedule

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Entry submission

1. Fill in the application form (see QR code);

2. Two design layout drawings, electronic files in JPG format; layout of A3 format (297mm*420mm), resolution of 300dpi; vertical typesetting. The content should include the name of the work, overall renderings, structural drawings, partial renderings, basic appearance dimensions, photos of physical works (mandatory for the product group), design instructions (in Chinese and English), and work introduction (the author’s name and any Mark, otherwise it will be regarded as an invalid work).

3. Attached to the publicity map (for online publicity docking), the required format is 600×450 pixels, which can fully express the overall effect of the creative work.

Entry application form (download by QR code)

4. Entry submission method

The naming method of the works submitted by the contestants: creative group/product group+category (choose one: smart technology/equipment manufacturing/household goods/others)+work name+author name+contact information, and send the entries after packaging To the mailbox: idexpo@vip.163.com.

The registration for this competition is mainly based on email registration. If you encounter any difficult questions in the registration process or filling out the application form, please call the China (Wuxi) International Design Expo Organizing Committee.

Contact number: (0510) 85176083 Teacher Zhang

(0510) 85191065-807 Teacher Tang

Important note: The registration deadline for this competition is September 30, 2020. Please be careful not to miss the registration time! ! !

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Contest related instructions

1. Participants must have independent intellectual property rights for the submitted entries;

2. No unit or individual has applied for the same creative concept or product to the State Intellectual Property Office of China before the submission date;

3. Only one competition category can be submitted for the same creative concept or product;

4. Entries in the creative group must be original conceptual design works with independent intellectual property rights such as appearance designs. The published works are the same or similar, and have won second prizes or above in global or national design competitions or Product schemes designed for third-party services require Party A’s authorization agreement to participate. Any legal liability caused by the plagiarism of works, theft of trade secrets, etc. of the contestants shall be borne by the contestants, and the contest organizing committee shall have the right to unilaterally cancel their qualifications for participation and awards at any stage of the contest;

5. The entries in the product group must be products that have been industrialized or will be industrialized in the previous year by enterprises and design institutions, have no intellectual property disputes, and have not won the competition awards. Participating with tangible, high-value industrial products and consumer products, it reflects innovative design points in the appearance, structure, material, function, color or combination of products, and is practical.

6. The final entries of the competition must reflect creativity and innovation in graphics, models, videos, products, etc., and submit corresponding roadshow defense materials. The organizer entrusts Jiangsu Sunshine Huiyuan Intellectual Property Operation Co., Ltd. to provide free intellectual property application services for the finalist creative group works. The product group needs to submit intellectual property authorization certification materials.

7. The physical objects or models of the final finalists must be exhibited at the Taihu Award booth of the China (Wuxi) International Design Expo, otherwise it will be deemed to have voluntarily given up the qualifications.

China (Wuxi) International Design Expo Organizing Committee

August 2020