Glossary

Concise definitions of legal terms used on the Citizen Media Law Project site. (The glossary is currently a work-in-progress. Please use our contact form to suggest additional terms for this glossary.)

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Generally refers to freedom from a legal obligation to perform actions or to suffer legal penalties.

Injunction search for term

A court order requiring a person or entity to do or cease doing a specific action.

Intellectual property search for term

A broad class of property, that generally includes four different kinds of rights: patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets.

  
 
 
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