FAQ Entry #272

This is a respond to a previously asked question about the A' Design Award and Competition. The full list of frequently asked questions can be accessed here.

#272: Our company usually uses a picture, which isn't created by us, but we have got rights to use it as we bought the image. Can we upload this image to as a part of our project presentation to A' Design Award?

If your company has commercial license to an image, you can potentially upload it to A' Design Awards as a part of your entry presentation but please check if the license you have gives you this right beforehand. It is important to ensure your license type allows this; if you are not sure, contact the image or stock photography provider. Remember that it is your responsibility to ensure that the images you upload brings A' Design Awards no harm (you are agreeing in the participation terms and conditions that you are responsible and liable for any damages or complaints that could potentially arise from your misuse of others' images or creative properties, including any fees to attorneys etc). Given all these conditions, it is preferred and suggested that you use only original images that you or your design team create, or the images that you have professionally commissioned other designers or photographers and have license to.

Keywords: intellectual property, image issue, others' picture, stock photo, stock picture

The following questions could be related:

• #189: I would like to point out that by presenting the images in the square format nearly half of the presented design content will get lost, as the content is best shown in landscape layout. Can you please suggest any solution to this issue?
• #309: Will the intellectual property rights of the designer be protected as a result of the submission of the design?
• #340: I have submitted my design. But I haven't got a patent yet. Is it safe (my design will not be stolen) if I submit my design? If there is a risk for me losing the patent of my design, I might think again before joining the competition?
• #341: Can I join the design award competition without a patent?
• #344: I want to use the design mediation services to sell my design and I already made international patent filing for it for that purpose but I do not know how to set the price for my design?
• #456: I have an award winning work, will the design award cover the cost of my international patent application?
• #509: What are the difference between patents and copyright for the costs and duration?
• #510: Can I take someone else photo or design and use in my design or work?
• #511: Is my design protected by copyrights?
• #514: How do I prove that I am the original photographer of the photo? How do I prove that a photograph was taken by me?

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