Clearance, privacy & defamation · Core

Title search

ELI5

A review of proposed project titles for conflicts, marketplace confusion and relevant legal risk.

Used in conversation

“Legal started a title search before the team committed to the new name.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Title search” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.