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href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5697"><img src="/web/20180813195216im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_ipadv_smart_agri_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Pernod-Ricard)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5697">Smart Agriculture - Using Location to Protect Food Sources</a></h3> <p>Chipsafer transmits real-time information on the location and well-being of individual animals, thus providing farmers in Uruguay with early warning signs in case their livestock fall ill.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5578"><img alt="" src="/web/20180813195216im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_ipadv_feta_500.jpg"/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Flickr/Rebecca Siegal)</figcaption> </figure> <h3><a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5578">Defining a Name's Origin: The Case of Feta</a></h3> <p>Feta cheese has spread from Greece to nearly every major market in the world and its registration as a geographical indication in the EU highlights its internationally recognizable name.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5572"><img src="/web/20180813195216im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_ipadv_feature_tech_trees_500.jpg" style="border: 1px solid;" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Flickr/Theerawat Sangprakarn)</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong><a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5572">Technology, Licensing, and Trees</a></strong></p> <p>Responding to new regulations that could significantly threaten timber exports, researchers at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia invented and commercialized a new high temperature drying technology.</p> </div> <div class="col"> <figure><a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5580"><img src="/web/20180813195216im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/pics/wipo_ipadv_feature_healthcare_cloud_500.jpg" alt=""/></a> <figcaption class="credit">(Photo: Tiatros Inc.)</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong> <a href="/web/20180813195216/http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=5580">Moving Healthcare to the Cloud</a></strong></p> <p>Tiatros Inc., a leader in the digital health sphere in the USA, connects those in the industry with vital information through the use of a “health cloud” and other information technology products.</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 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