Please read these Official Rules before entering The Mobile Skillet "Cooking App Star" Recipe Contest ("Contest"). By submitting a recipe ("Entry"), you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Mobile Skillet, LLC ("Sponsor") and the judges, and that you satisfy all eligibility requirements. The Prize: A $15,000 Mobile Skillet Gold App (See "Prize Details.") Finalists will receive a 15% discount, and all entrants a 5% discount, on production of a Mobile Skillet Gold or Silver app.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all adults over the age of 18 at the time of Entry. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Entries that violate these Official Contest Rules may be disqualified. Not open to employees or independent contractors, or immediate family members or those living in the same household of employees or independent contractors of the Sponsor or any of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advisors, or advertising/promotion agencies.

While publishers and publicists may encourage their authors and clients to enter, submissions on behalf of 3rd parties will not be accepted.

HOW TO ENTER: Entries (one per entrant) must be made via the Mobile Skillet website (http://mobileskillet.com/) and must comply with the specified "Recipe Requirements." Failure to meet all recipe criteria may result in disqualification. Entries will be accepted from September 12, 2012 through 11:59 PM EDT October 12, 2012

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: All Entries must (a) be in the English language; (b) be tested for accuracy, functionality, and safety; (c) not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity right, or other proprietary or intellectual property right of any person or entity; (d) not be defamatory, libelous, obscene, or otherwise illegal; (e) not currently or previously have been the subject of a publishing or syndication agreement with any publishing house or syndicator UNLESS accompanied by a signed formal release.

All Entries must be submitted digitally via the Mobile Skillet website. Only entries submitted via the Mobile Skillet website will be accepted. Entries submitted via any other method, including but not limited to social media sites, U.S. Postal Service, facsimile or other express delivery services, will NOT be accepted.

The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, misdirected, late, incomplete, illegible, garbled, delayed, or unintelligible Entries or for inaccurate entry information, whether caused by entrant or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of entries; or any printing, production, human, or typographical or other errors in any materials associated with the Contest.

Contest Sponsors and their promotion agencies are not responsible for phone, network, electronic or computer hardware or software failure, or technical failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by Contest Sponsors, entrants or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions which may damage a user's system or limit a participant's ability to participate in the promotion. Each entrant is permitted one Entry. Submission of multiple entries may result in disqualification. An entry should be submitted only once. Multiple submissions of the same entry may lead to disqualification.

The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify at any time any Entry containing obscene, offensive, pornographic, or sexually explicit material, or libelous, disparaging, or other inappropriate content or that is otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion.

This contest is not endorsed, hosted or sponsored by Apple iTunes. The Sponsor and the Released Parties are not affiliated with www.pinterest.com or the Pinterest Site. The Sponsor and the Released Parties are not affiliated with www.apple.com/itunes or the Apple iTunes Site. iTunes and Pinterest are not sponsors of this Contest.

GRANT OF RIGHTS: When you ("Entrant") submit an Entry, including information, text, images, video, files, links, software, or other materials to the Contest, you are granting the Sponsor, a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, fully sub-licensable, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, edit, translate, adapt, publish, create derivative works therefrom, transmit, distribute, perform, display and delete such content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate such content in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed.

The Sponsor may prohibit any individual from participating in the contest or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said individual is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair practices; violates the Official Rules; or acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner at any time during the Contest, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. By submitting your recipe, you accept all contest rules and agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges, which will be final.

WARRANTY AND INDEMNIFICATION: Each Entrant represents and warrants that his/her Entry complies with all of the Entry requirements specified above including, without limitation, that if published, the Work will not infringe on any proprietary right at common law or any statutory copyright, any right of privacy or publicity, or any other right; and that it contains no matter that is libelous, scandalous, obscene or otherwise unlawful; and that all recipes, formulae or instructions in the Entry have been tested and will not injure the user.
The Entrant shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, judges, suppliers and licensees from and against any claim, demand, suit, action, proceeding or prosecution, and any judgment, liability, loss, expense, including without limitation the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel, damage or recovery in consequence thereof, asserted or instituted against, or suffered by the Sponsor.

JUDGING :
All Entries will be evaluated by the Sponsor and judges on the basis of the following criteria:

• Photography and Food Styling
• Taste
• General Appeal

The top 100 entries, as determined by them, will be posted on Pinterest. Voting will be conducted until 11:59 PM EST November 12, 2012 via Mobile Skillet's Pinterest board devoted to the contest. Entrants may rate their own Entries, as may their friends and families. However, efforts by an individual to vote multiple times for a single Entry, either manually or by an automated process, are not permitted. Any such effort to manipulate voting may lead to disqualification for the Entry and/or Entrant. User votes will be used to determine 10 finalists. The Winner and 2 alternates will be selected by the Sponsor and 2 judges. An alternate will not be notified unless he or she becomes the winner.
Finalists will be required to certify, on information or belief, that their recipes are their original creation. Decisions of the judges are final in all matters relating to this Contest.
WINNER NOTIFICATION: The Winner will be announced on the Mobile Skillet website and personally notified by e-mail on or about December 10, 2012. (Alternates will not be notified unless the Winner is disqualified.) The Winner will be required to provide his or her full name and physical mailing address as well as a signed Liability/Publicity Release and a signed Mobile Skillet License Agreement. Failure to return any required document within two weeks of any such request will deem the Winner as ineligible to proceed and he or she will be disqualified. In that case, the first alternate will become the Winner and will be notified at that time.
Winner is solely responsible for all applicable federal, state, and local taxes associated with receipt of the prize.

To request the winner's name, please send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope by December 30, 2012 to: The Mobile Skillet "Cooking App Star" Recipe Contest, Contest Winner Name, c/o Mobile Skillet, LLC, P.O. Box 67249, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. No mechanically reproduced or photocopied requests allowed; only one (1) request per outer mailing envelope.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: The Sponsor is not responsible for the unauthorized use of any Entry (or any portion thereof) by any third party. Entrants agree (for themselves and their heirs) that the Sponsor, to the maximum extent permitted by law, is not responsible for any liability, loss, injury, or damage to property or to person, and reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of participation in the Contest, or by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize.

GOVERNING LAW/DISPUTES: Contest is governed by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As a condition of participating in this Contest, each Entrant agrees, to the extent permitted by law, that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and any causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest, will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, including attorneys' and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

All issues and disputes regarding any aspect of the Contest, including, but not limited to the construction, interpretation and enforceability of these official rules, shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. All suits and claims shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction situated in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY : By participating in the Contest, each entrant consents to the use of his/her name, biographical information and photographs, videos or likenesses in any manner and in any medium now or hereafter devised for any purpose in connection with the Contest, including worldwide, without additional compensation, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.

CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS : The Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest or amend any rules of the Contest at any time for any reason.

CAUTION -- ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

SPONSOR :
Mobile Skillet, LLC
P.O. Box 67249 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467