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value="2034">Financial Services</option> <option value="559">Food Products</option> <option value="572">Footwear</option> <option value="2029">Health Care Equipment and Services</option> <option value="552">Industrial Engineering</option> <option value="2037">Industrial Transportation</option> <option value="2035">Leisure Goods</option> <option value="2027">Media</option> <option value="558">Nondurable Household Products</option> <option value="2038">Oil and Gas</option> <option value="550">Personal Products</option> <option value="567">Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology</option> <option value="561">Restaurants and Bars</option> <option value="551">Retail</option> <option value="554">Software and Computer Services</option> <option value="2036">Technology Hardware and Equipment</option> <option value="568">Travel and Tourism</option> <option value="2026">Utilities</option> </select> </div> </div> </fieldset> </div> </div> <div class="cols cols--two"> <div class="col col--one"><fieldset> 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href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2691"><img src="/web/20180701172922im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipadvantage/images/features/article_2691_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Flickr/Paul Miller)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2691">Disputing a Name, Developing a Geographical Indication</a></h3> <p>The IP dispute surrounding rooibos tea brought attention to the product’s unique characteristics attributable to its geographical origin as well as its historical link to the indigenous people of South Africa.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=3688"><img alt="" src="/web/20180701172922im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipadvantage/images/features/article_3688_500.jpg"/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Uncharted Play)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=3688">Harnessing Energy and Lighting the Future</a></h3> <p>A fusion of soccer and socket, SOCCKET is a simple but effective invention that allowed the four female founders of Uncharted Play to merge fun and business with social and environment challenges.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2684"><img src="/web/20180701172922im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipadvantage/images/features/article_2684_500.jpg" style="border: 1px solid;" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Thailand Trust Mark/Bertram Chemical)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2684">Protecting a Brand, Changing an Image</a></h3> <p>Bertram Chemical, one of the largest producers of traditional Chinese medicine in Thailand, utilizes iconic trademarks and trade dress as part of a branding strategy for its popular Siang Pure products.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=3108"><img src="/web/20180701172922im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ipadvantage/images/features/article_3108_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Eole Water)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180701172922/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=3108">Turning Air into Water and IP into Profit</a></h3> <p>Eole Water, a forward-thinking company based in France, patents wind turbine technology that draws water from the air and provides safe drinking water for millions of people around the world.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content cols cols--three line"> <h2>Related links</h2> <div class="col"> <h3>IP Successes in the ASEAN Region</h3> <p>A collection of case studies highlighting how IP has been  used to foster economic, social, and cultural development in Southeast Asian 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