Contest Precedents

Our advertising and marketing law clients often seek efficient and cost-effective ways to comply with Canadian contest/sweepstakes laws, while achieving their promotional contest marketing objectives (e.g., brand recognition and reinforcement, sales and building marketing lists).

As such, in addition to our legal services, we offer the lawyer-prepared Canadian contest rules and forms precedent packages below to run random draw and skill-based contests in Canada.

We also offer individual rules and forms precedents for Canadian contests/sweepstakes, including short rules (i.e., “mini-rules”), long rules, winner release forms and a checklist to help sponsors comply with Canadian contest law.

Our downloadable Word format contest forms/precedents (PayPal checkout with credit card payment options) are an excellent way to efficiently run popular types of promotional contests in Canada.

The following are the Canadian contest/sweepstakes precedents, forms and checklists that we offer:

  • Canadian Random Draw Contest Package
  • Canadian Skill Contest Package
  • Short Rules (Random Draw Contest)
  • Short Rules (Skill Contest)
  • Long Rules (Random Draw Contest)
  • Long Rules (Skill Contest)
  • Winner Release Form
  • Canadian Contest Law Checklist
  • Facebook “Like” Random Draw Contest Package
  • Trip Contest: Random Draw Contest Package
  • Trip Contest: Skill Contest Package
  • Winner Releases for Trip Contests (Winner & Guest Release)
  • Guidelines For Consumer Generated Content Contests
  • Contest Indemnification/Influencer Agreement
  • Facebook and Instagram Language for Canadian Contest Rules – X

For more information and to order, see: Contest Forms/Precedents and Contest Forms/Precedents II.

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SERVICES AND CONTACT

We are a Toronto based Canadian competition and advertising law firm that helps clients in Toronto, Canada and the United States practically navigate Canada’s advertising and marketing laws and offers Canadian advertising/marketing law services in relation to print, online, new media, social media and e-mail marketing.

Our Canadian advertising/marketing law services include advice in relation to anti-spam legislation (CASL), Competition Bureau complaints, the general misleading advertising provisions of the federal Competition Act, Internet, new media and social media advertising and marketing, promotional contests (sweepstakes) and sales and promotions. We also provide advice relating to specific types of advertising issues, including performance claims, testimonials, disclaimers, drip pricing, astroturfing and native advertising.

For more information about our services, see: services

To contact us about a potential legal matter, see: contact

For more information about our firm, visit our website: Competitionlawyer.ca