Please ensure that you read and understand each of the above documents prior to using this site or BriefingRoom's services.

The Creative Terms and Conditions govern the Creative's relationship with BriefingRoom and the Creative must agree to the Creative Terms and Conditions before using the site or any of the services offered by BriefingRoom. The Creative must be a natural person (i.e. a boy or girl, but not a company or any other corporate entity whatsoever).

The Creative Terms and Conditions regulate the manner in which the Creative submits Ideas to BriefingRoom and the mechanism by which they are allocated to relevant Briefs, as well as the procedure according to which Prizes are paid in respect of Winning Ideas. All Prizes will be paid by the Client directly to BriefingRoom, which will collect the Prizes for redistribution to the relevant Creatives.

In order to claim a Prize for an Idea that is selected to be a Winning Idea, the Creative will be required to assign (or cede, legal terms which refer to the "transfer" of intangible objects like intellectual property) the Idea to the relevant Client. The Creative and the Client will also be required to sign an Assignment Agreement, which will provide documented proof of the Creative's assignment to the Client.

Owing in large to the sensitive nature of intellectual property rights, the Creative is required to make certain promises, or "warranties", relating to his/her Idea. In general terms, the Creative is required to promise (or "warrant") that the Idea is entirely original to the Creative in all respects, is the product of the Creative's work and the Creative's work alone and that it has not been previously used or displayed in any way. The warranties are more fully set out in the Creative Terms and Conditions. These warranties are necessary to protect the Client from unwanted attack by third parties who might try to claim entitlement to a Winning Idea (or a part of the Idea) after the Client exploits a Winning Idea in respect of which it has already paid a Prize.

The Client Terms and Conditions govern the Client's relationship with BriefingRoom and the Client must agree to the Client Terms and Conditions before using the site or any of the services offered by BriefingRoom.

The Client Terms and Conditions regulate the manner in which the Client submits Briefs to BriefingRoom, the mechanism by which Briefs are posted on the site and the procedure for payment of Prizes by the Client in respect of Winning Ideas.

Once the Client has selected a Winning Idea in respect of a Brief, it will pay the Prize (plus a service charge equal to the Prize) to BriefingRoom, who will collect the Prize on behalf of the Creative. In return, the Creative will assign (or cede, legal terms which refer to the "transfer" of intangible objects like intellectual property) the Idea to the Client. The Client and the Creative will then be required to sign an Assignment Agreement, which will provide documented proof of the Creative's assignment to the Client.

Additionally, the Client will permit BriefingRoom to use the Client's intellectual property relating to a relevant Brief to facilitate the provision of BriefingRoom's services (including advertising and hosting the Brief on the site) and for the purposes of advertising BriefingRoom's services on the site.

Once a Winning Idea has been selected by a Client, the Client and the relevant Creative will each receive a copy of the Assignment Agreement containing their respective details and a unique reference to enable both parties to clearly identify and gain access on the site to the Winning Idea, a detailed record of which we will retain.

The signed Assignment Agreement will constitute documentary evidence of the arrangement between the Creative and the Client in terms of which the Creative agrees to assign the Winning Idea to the Client and, in return, the Client agrees to pay the Prize.

The Creative must sign the Assignment Agreement on his/her own behalf and a duly authorised person must sign on behalf of the Client (unless the Client is also a natural person, in which case the Client may sign on his/her own behalf). Once BriefingRoom has received signed copies of the Assignment Agreement from each of the Creative and the Client and once the Client has paid the Prize and BriefingRoom's service fee in full, BriefingRoom will forward to each party a copy of the Assignment Agreement as signed by the other.