most-favored-nation clause. 1. A clause in an agreement between two nations providing that each will treat the other as well as it treats any other nation that is given preferential treatment. [Cases: Treaties 8. C.J.S. Treaties § 6.] 2. By extension, such a clause in any contract, esp. an oil-and-gas contract. — Often shortened to […]
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most-favored-nation treatment. Intellectual property. The practice or policy of automatically and unconditionally granting any intellectual-property protection, advantage, favor, privilege, or immunity that by treaty is extended to nationals of any member country to the nationals of all member countries. • This treatment is incorporated into the TRIPs Agreement. — Abbr. MFN treatment.
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most favored nation. A treaty status granted to a nation, usu. in international trade, allowing it to enjoy the privileges that the other party accords to other nations under similar circumstances. • The primary effect of most-favored-nation status is lower trade tariffs. — Sometimes shortened to favored nation. — Also termed most-favored-nation status. — Abbr.
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most favored nation clause 最惠国条款 条约上的一项条款，其含义是该条约的任一当事方应将其曾给予或将给予任何第三方的利益给予其他当事方。
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A tariff that favors the products of one country over those of another. Cf. MOST-FAVORED-NATION CLAUSE.
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universality. 1. Equality of applicability. 2. Copyright. A nation’s policy or practice of protecting an artist’s rights in his or her their creation irrespective of the creator’s nationality or where the work was created. • Universality, the most generous approach to international intellectual-property rights, is generally favored in countries that treat copyright as a moral