Terms of Use – LUI Che Woo Prize

(Updated on 15 June 2023)

Introduction

Welcome to the official Website of the LUI Che Woo Prize – Prize for World Civilisation (“Prize”) (“Website”). The Website is operated by LUI Che Woo Prize Limited, a charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Hong Kong”) (referred to in the Terms and Conditions of Use as “Prize Company”, “we” or “us”).

The Prize Company provides the Website primarily for the purpose of providing information and knowledge about the Prize and the laureates of the Prize.

If you wish to use the Website or any of its contents in any way, such use must comply with the terms and conditions set forth below (“Terms and Conditions of Use”). Please read the Terms and Conditions of Use carefully before continuing to access the Website.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions of Use

By accessing and/or using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy of the Prize Company and the Website Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy of the Prize Company and/or the Website Privacy Policy, please do not continue your access to or use of the Website.

We reserve the right to change the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Use at any time. We will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on the Terms and Conditions of Use the date that it was last updated and publishing the updated version of the Terms and Conditions of Use on the Website. You should review the Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time and each time you access the Website to check if the Terms and Conditions of Use has been updated. Your continued access and/or use of the Website following the posting of changes to the Terms and Conditions of Use will mean that you have accepted and agreed to those changes. If you do not agree, you should immediately stop accessing or using the Website. If you have any question about the Terms and Conditions of Use, please contact us at info@luiprize.org or LUI Che Woo Prize Limited, 1801, K. Wah Centre, 191 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

The Terms and Conditions of Use is issued in English and Chinese. In the event of any discrepancy between the two versions, the English version shall prevail.

Permitted Use

Except otherwise stated in the Website, you can view and print extracts of information provided in the Website for your own personal non-commercial use as reference and information but you cannot otherwise adapt, copy, edit, vary, distribute, reproduce, publish, display, store, transmit, commercially exploit, disseminate in any form whatsoever or use any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data provided in the Website without the Prize Company’s express written permission

Prohibited Use

The Website must not be used for any commercial purpose whatsoever, or for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. In particular, but without limitation, except to the extent expressly stated in the Terms and Conditions of Use, you are not allowed to:-

use the Website in any unlawful manner or in a manner which promotes or encourages illegal activity or infringes on third party rights, including without limitation, infringing copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights, broadcasting rights, privacy or other rights of the Prize Company or any other person or body;
reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data contained in the Website;
republish, redistribute or re-transmit any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data from the Website;
copy, edit, modify, change, alter or store any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data from the Website;
store any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data from the Website on a server or other storage device connected to a network or create a database by systematically downloading and storing any content or data from the Website;
attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website or any networks, servers or computer systems connected to the Website;
remove or change any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data from the Website or attempt to circumvent any filtering or security measures or interfere with the proper working of the Website;
post or otherwise transmit any information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, alter or limit the functionality of the Website;
use the Website for commercial purposes, including without limitation, submitting any material to solicit funds or to promote, advertise or solicit the sale of any goods or services.

Trademarks

Except otherwise stated in the Website, all trademarks, service marks, logos, names and signs that appear in the Website are registered or unregistered marks of the Prize Company (the “Trademarks”).

You are not allowed to use, copy, edit, alter, modify, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit or exploit any of the Trademarks without the prior written permission of the Prize Company.

Please note that the trade marks, service marks, logos, names and signs, whether registered or unregistered, owned by third parties (“Third Party’s Trademarks”) may also appear on the Website from time to time. You are also not allowed to use, copy, edit, alter, modify, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit or exploit any of the Third Party’s Trademarks without prior written permission of the respective owners.

You acknowledge, accept and agree that nothing on the Website expressly or impliedly grants you any right or license to use any of the Trademarks, Third Party’s Trademarks or may be construed to mean that the Prize Company has authority to grant any right or license on behalf of any third party trade mark owners. The Prize Company assumes

no responsibility for ascertaining whether such rights from third party trade mark owners are valid or for securing such rights on your behalf.

Copyrights

Except otherwise stated in the Website, all contents appearing on or in the Website, including without limitation articles, texts, photographs, images, data, graphics, files, audio clips, video clips, music, sound, illustrations, designs and the selection and arrangement thereof and other material (the “Content”) are owned by the Prize Company, or used in accordance with applicable laws or third party consents.

Subject to an express authorization stated in the Terms and Conditions of Use, you may not adapt, copy, edit, modify, vary, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, store, transmit, exploit, disseminate in any form whatsoever or generate derivate works or otherwise use the Content without the prior written permission of the Prize Company.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the following are copyright protected material:-

Photographs or images of the Prize Trophy

Photographs or images, as well as the design, of the Prize Trophy are copyright protected works owned by the Prize Company.

With the prior written permission of the Prize Company, you can use an image or photograph of the Prize Trophy for the purpose of illustration for an editorial text about the Prize or a laureate of the Prize. The Prize Company may or may not give such approval at its absolute discretion.

Except with the prior written permission of the Prize Company, you are not allowed to use an image or photograph of the Prize Trophy including without limitation on the cover of books, booklets, brochures, guides, leaflets, pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, marketing materials, promotional materials or other printed matters, on posters, in exhibitions amongst others or for any publicity or commercial purposes.

Photographs or images of members of the Board of Governors of the Prize Company, the Prize Council, and laureates of the Prize

Photographs or images of the members of the Board of Governors of the Prize Company, the Prize Council and laureates of the Prize are copyright protected works owned either by the Prize Company or used with third party consents.

With the prior written permission of the Prize Company, you can use an image or photograph of members of the Board of Governors of the Prize Company, the Prize Councilor a laureate of the Prize appearing on or in the Website for the purpose of illustration for an editorial text about the Prize, or members of the Board of Governors of the Prize Company, the Prize Councilor the said laureate. The Prize Company may or may not give such approval at its absolute discretion.

photograph or images of the said photograph or image in the said editorial text.

Other photos

For uses of other photos, prior written permission from the Prize Company, and in certain cases from the photographer, is required.

If permission is granted, “Copyright © [year] LUI Che Woo Prize Limited“ and or “Copyright © [year] name of photographer” must be indicated next to the photograph or images of the said photograph or image in the said editorial text.

Videos

Videos made available on or in the Website are also copyright protected works owned either by the Prize Company or used with third party consents.

With the prior written permission of the Prize Company, you can also use the video appearing in or on the Website for the purpose of illustration for an editorial text about the Prize or a laureate of the Prize. The Prize Company may or may not give such approval at its absolute discretion. If permission is granted by the Prize Company, “Copyright © [year] LUI Che Woo Prize Limited“ must be indicated next to the video in the said editorial text.

Please note that videos made available on or in the Website may also be uploaded by the Prize Company through websites owned by third party who are not affiliated with or in any way related to the Prize Company. In such a case, by clicking to play the video, you may also be subject to the terms and conditions of use and privacy policies of the third party website. You should also read the terms and conditions of use and privacy policy of the respective third party website.

You use or follow the links to the third party websites at your own risk. The Prize Company is not responsible for and shall not be liable for any damages or losses incurred or suffered by you arising out of or in connection with the said third party website (even if you were directed to the third party website by clicking on the video made available on or in the Website).

Commercial use

Commercial use of the Trademarks, Third Party’s Trademarks, Content, or other information, materials, content, images, graphics, logos, files or data contained in or on the Website is expressly prohibited.

You must therefore request and obtain express permission in writing from the Prize Company for any intended commercial use. The Prize Company may or may not give such approval at its absolute discretion.

Press releases

Except otherwise provided in the Website, any press releases (including without limitation in text or video format) that appear in the “Media Releases” section in or on the Website may be downloaded, reproduced and published (and in the case of text-based materials, translated) by members of the press but without any editing, variation, modification, alteration of the original content unless with the prior written permission of the Prize Company.

Members of the press are also permitted to download, save, print, reproduce and publish any information, photographs, images or videos contained in the press releases or in the links provided in the press releases in good faith in accordance with honest practice for the purpose of illustration for an editorial text about the Prize but without any editing, variation, modification, alteration of the original information, photographs, images or videos unless with the prior written permission of the Prize Company.

All reproduction and publication of press releases or any of their content, where expressly permitted above, downloaded from the Website must bear accurate identifying information, including the source of such information, the proprietary information, credit lines, copyright (©), including relevant year when appropriate, and trade mark (® or TM) notices, and a citation of the Website: www.luiprize.org.

In relation to videos, please note that if they are made available on or in the Website through third party websites, then your use of the videos, where expressly authorized in the Website, will also be subject to the terms and conditions of use and privacy policies of the third party website. You should also read the terms and conditions of use and privacy policy of the respective third party website.

Requesting permission from the Prize Company

If your proposed use of the Content, or other information, materials or data contained in or on the Website does not meet the conditions stated above, you must request and obtain express permission in writing from the Prize Company. The Prize Company may or may not give such approval at its absolute discretion.

To apply for permission to use any of the Content listed above, please contact info@luiprize.org or write to:

LUI Che Woo Prize Limited
1801, K. Wah Centre
191 Java Road, North Point
Hong Kong

Reservation of rights

All rights not expressly granted by the Prize Company herein are specifically and completely reserved. Nothing on the Website or in the Terms and Conditions of Use expressly or impliedly grant any right or license to use any Content or intellectual property rights owned by the Prize Company or any third party owners nor may be construed to mean that the Prize Company has authority to grant any right or license on behalf of any third party.

External Links

The Website may, from time to time, include links to one or more external websites owned by third parties who are not affiliated with or in any way related to the Prize Company. The links to the third party websites have been included in the Website to provide you with convenient access to information and services that you may find useful or interesting. The Prize Company does not control the content or links of the third party websites, which may change from time to time.

Please note that by including links to such third party websites, the Prize Company does not imply a relationship with, or any endorsement of, or association with, the operators of the third party websites, the third party websites or their content, purpose, policies or business practices. Further, the Prize Company shall also not be deemed to endorse, recommend, approve, guarantee or introduce any third parties or the services or products the third parties may provide on their websites, or to have any form of cooperation with such third parties and websites unless otherwise expressly stated by the Prize Company in the Website.

The Prize Company is not responsible for and shall not be liable for the content of any externally linked third party websites or for anything provided in or on these websites. You use or follow these third party websites at your own risk. The Prize Company is not responsible for and shall not be liable for any damages or losses incurred or suffered by you arising out of or in connection with your use of the third party websites. The Prize Company is not a party to any contractual arrangements entered into between you and the provider of the third party website.

Please be mindful that when you click on a link to third party websites, you will be subject to the terms and conditions of use and privacy policies of the other website that you are going to visit. Therefore, the Prize Company encourages that you read the terms and conditions of use and privacy polices of the respective third party websites should you choose to visit these websites.

Links to the Website

If you wish to link your website to the Website, you must always obtain the prior written approval of the Prize Company before creating a link from your website to the Website. The Prize Company may or may not give such approval at its absolute discretion.

If you arrive at the Website from a link provided in a third party website, please note that a link to the Website does not imply a relationship with, or any endorsement of, or association with, the operators of the third party websites, the said websites or their content, purpose, policies or business practices. Further, the Prize Company shall also not be deemed to endorse, recommend, approve, guarantee or introduce any third parties or the services or products the third parties may provide on their websites, or to have any form of cooperation with such third parties and websites unless otherwise expressly stated by the Prize Company in the Website.

The Prize Company is not responsible for the setup of any link from a third party website to the Website. Any link to the Website shall always be active and direct link to the Website and shall be made directly to the home or front page of the Website only and that no “framing” or “deep-linking” of the Website or content is allowed.

The Prize Company is not liable for any loss or damage incurred or suffered by you or any third party arising out of or in connection with such links. For further trademarks and copyright information, please refer to the paragraphs above. The Prize Company reserves the right to rescind any approval granted to link through a plain-text link or any other type of link, and to require the removal of any such link to the Website, at the Prize Company’s absolute discretion at any time.

Warranty and indemnification

By using the Website, you represent and warrant that your use will be consistent with the Terms and Conditions of Use. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Prize Company harmless from all claims, causes, costs, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, liabilities, losses and damages arising from or relating to your use of the Website or any breach of the Terms and Conditions of Use.

Confidentiality

The Prize Company does not warrant and accepts no responsibility for confidentiality or security of any information or data, whether personal, non-personal or otherwise, which may be transmitted when you access the Website, for example, if you make any paper submission of the nomination form(s) that you download from the Website, or when you make any inquiry or communication with us through our contact information listed on the Website, etc. Please refer to the Website Privacy Policy for more information regarding use of any personal information and data.

Disclaimer

Whilst the Prize Company endeavours to ensure that information and materials on the Website are correct, no warranty or representation, whether express or implied, is given that they are complete, accurate, up-to-date, fit for a particular purpose and, to the extent permitted by law, the Prize Company shall not be liable for any errors or omissions. Further, the Prize Company also disclaims all warranties or representations of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to copyright ownership and/or non-infringement of copyrights, trademarks or other third party proprietary rights. The Prize Company does not warrant that the Website will provide continuous, prompt, secure or error-free service.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any loss or damage or claims of any kind that you or any third party may incur as a result of the use of, or reliance on, any information contained in the Website.

The Prize Company assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any damages to or viruses that may affect your computer equipment or other property arising from your use, misuse or reliance of the Website, including but not limited to the downloading or reproduction of any part of the Content.

The Prize Company will make reasonable and ongoing efforts to revise and update the Website but assumes no liability whatsoever for any errors or omissions in the Website, including without limitation inaccuracy or incompleteness of the Content.

All material provided on the Website is for information regarding the Prize only.

Limitation of liabilit

Neither the Prize Company, its affiliates, trustees, directors, officers, employees, agents, or members of the Board of Governors of the Prize Company, the Prize Council shall have any liability for any damages, including without limitation any direct, indirect, incidental, compensatory, punitive, special or consequential damages (even if the Prize Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages) arising from or related to your use of, or reliance on, any information contained in the Website.

Entire Agreement

The Terms and Conditions of Use (as amended from time to time) constitute the entire agreement between you and the Prize Company concerning your use of the Website.

The Prize Company reserves the right to update the Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time. If it does so, the updated version will be effective immediately. You are responsible for reviewing the Terms and Conditions of Use before you access the Website each time so that you are aware of any changes made and you will be bound by the new updated Terms and Conditions of Use by continuing to access the Website. If you do not agree with the updated terms, you should immediately cease using the Website.

Severability

If any of the Terms and Conditions of Use is determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which the Terms and Conditions of Use are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which the Terms and Conditions of Use is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted and the remaining Terms and Conditions of Use shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

No Waiver

The Prize Company’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by the Prize Company in writing.

Law and Jurisdiction

The Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Courts.