Abstract
The sponsored or joint researches with foreign companies are quite few though industry-academia-government collaboration activities at universities have steadily progressed as a whole. Both international patents and sponsored/joint research with foreign companies are essential to strengthen the global competitiveness of industry and to invigorate research at universities. At each university, it is vital to establish a clear policy for the international industry-academia-government collaboration and to take the following measures: (1) Development of IP experts with international skills (2) Strengthening international legal function (3) Strengthening disseminating information overseas (4) Establishment of international patent applications strategy (5) Creating the system to support universities in the region. The government needs to support these measures.
