Amanda Reid

Dr. Amanda Reid is an Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She also holds a secondary appointment at the UNC School of Law.  Her scholarly works focus on intersection of First Amendment and Intellectual Property topics, including copyright and trademark law.  Before joining the UNC faculty, Dr. Reid was a professor of law and taught intellectual property, real property, trusts & estates, civil procedure, and legal research and writing courses.

Dr. Reid’s interest in intellectual property began with branding and trademark law, and she remains fascinated with symbols and semiotics.  Her scholarly articles have appeared in flagship law reviews and in specialty journals from top law schools, including Yale Law & Policy Review, Nebraska Law Review, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal,Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal, and DePaul-LCA Journal of Art and Entertainment Law & Policy.   She is also a co-author of a Wolters Kluwer’s annually updated book titled Fundamentals of U.S. Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patent, and Trademark, and a monograph titled International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Intellectual Property Law.

Dr. Reid earned both a Ph.D. from the University of Florida College of Journalism & Communications and a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law. She holds an M.A. degree in Speech Communications, and B.A. degrees in Philosophy and in Communication from The Florida State University.  With each of her degrees, she graduated in the top of her class; after earning her law degree she was invited to join the honorary scholastic society Order of the Coif.

Prior to entering academia, she served as a commercial litigation associate with Holland & Knight, LLP (a Vault Top 100 law firm), where, among other projects, she had an opportunity to assist clients with trademark and copyright applications, a copyright trial in federal court, and a patent case through a Markmanhearing.   She also had the opportunity to serve as an elbow clerk for two federal judges. She served as a one-year judicial law clerk for the Honorable Susan H. Black of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and as a two-year judicial law clerk for the Honorable Harvey E. Schlesinger of the Middle District of Florida.