diff --git a/OpenNest.IO/TitleBlockDetector.cs b/OpenNest.IO/TitleBlockDetector.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using ACadSharp;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+
+namespace OpenNest.IO
+{
+    public static class TitleBlockDetector
+    {
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> TitleBlockLayerNames = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        {
+            "TITLE", "TITLEBLOCK", "TITLE_BLOCK", "BORDER", "FRAME",
+            "TB", "INFO", "SHEET", "ANNOTATION"
+        };
+
+        public static HashSet<Guid> Detect(List<Entity> entities, CadDocument document)
+        {
+            var flagged = new HashSet<Guid>();
+            DetectByLayerName(entities, flagged);
+            return flagged;
+        }
+
+        private static void DetectByLayerName(List<Entity> entities, HashSet<Guid> flagged)
+        {
+            foreach (var entity in entities)
+            {
+                if (entity.Layer?.Name != null && TitleBlockLayerNames.Contains(entity.Layer.Name))
+                    flagged.Add(entity.Id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/IO/TitleBlockDetectorTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/IO/TitleBlockDetectorTests.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+using OpenNest.IO;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Tests.IO
+{
+    public class TitleBlockDetectorTests
+    {
+        private static Line MakeLine(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2) =>
+            new Line(x1, y1, x2, y2);
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DetectByLayerName_FlagsTitleLayer()
+        {
+            var line = MakeLine(0, 0, 10, 0);
+            line.Layer = new Layer("TITLE");
+            var entities = new List<Entity> { line };
+
+            var result = TitleBlockDetector.Detect(entities, null);
+
+            Assert.Contains(line.Id, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DetectByLayerName_CaseInsensitive()
+        {
+            var line = MakeLine(0, 0, 10, 0);
+            line.Layer = new Layer("border");
+            var entities = new List<Entity> { line };
+
+            var result = TitleBlockDetector.Detect(entities, null);
+
+            Assert.Contains(line.Id, result);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DetectByLayerName_IgnoresNonMatchingLayers()
+        {
+            var line = MakeLine(0, 0, 10, 0);
+            line.Layer = new Layer("0");
+            var entities = new List<Entity> { line };
+
+            var result = TitleBlockDetector.Detect(entities, null);
+
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(line.Id, result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("TITLE")]
+        [InlineData("TITLEBLOCK")]
+        [InlineData("TITLE_BLOCK")]
+        [InlineData("BORDER")]
+        [InlineData("FRAME")]
+        [InlineData("TB")]
+        [InlineData("INFO")]
+        [InlineData("SHEET")]
+        [InlineData("ANNOTATION")]
+        public void DetectByLayerName_AllKnownNames(string layerName)
+        {
+            var line = MakeLine(0, 0, 10, 0);
+            line.Layer = new Layer(layerName);
+            var entities = new List<Entity> { line };
+
+            var result = TitleBlockDetector.Detect(entities, null);
+
+            Assert.Contains(line.Id, result);
+        }
+    }
+}