universal copyright convention
Universal Copyright Convention. A 1952 treaty binding signatories to give citizens of other member nations the same copyright protection that their own citizens receive. 25 U.S.T. 1341, T.I.A.S. No. 7868. • Administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Convention does not apply between nations that are also signatories of the Berne Convention. The United States signed the treaty in 1955. — Abbr. UCC. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 34. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 21, 92.]