Amanda V. Dwight - an Irvine, Kern County Intellectual Property Lawyer

Irvine Intellectual Property Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Intellectual Property 100%

Litigation: 40%

Attorney Information

Overview

Amanda V. Dwight is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law where she was the recipient of two fellowships. At UCLA, Ms. Dwight served as the Chief Articled Editor of the Pacific Basin Law Journal and judicial extern for the Honorable Gary L. Taylor, U.S. District Court of California, Central District. Ms. Dwight also created a program to intake asylum seekers for the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law.

Ms. Dwight is co-author of two leading treatises on trademark and copyright prosecution law, Trademark Registration Practice (Thomson Reuters) and Copyright Registration Practice (Thomson Reuters), and the only practice guide in the U.S, concerning trademark examining procedures, Practitioner’s Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (Thomson Reuters). She has been a guest speaker and instructor at local and national organizations; including the national MAGIC Marketplace fashion tradeshow, regarding intellectual property matters.

Prior to attending law school, Ms Dwight was a computer programmer and systems consultant for Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) and an in-house systems analyst for Gannet, Co. At Andersen, Ms. Dwight developed distribution control systems for Fortune 500 companies. At Gannet, Ms. Dwight installed and supported advertising systems for over fifty newspapers throughout the country.

Ms. Dwight received her Bachelor of Science as an honors graduate from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce with a major in Management Information Systems and a minor in Marketing.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Fellowships- UCLA SOL, 1996-1997
Intermediate Honors Graduate from UVA, 1985-1986

Education

Legal Education
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Los Angeles, California
  J.D.
  Honors: Recipient of Two Fellowships
  Law Journal: Pacific Basin Law Journal, Chief Articles Editor
Non Legal Education
- University of Virginia
  B.S.
  Honors: Intermediate Honors
  Major: Management Information Systems and Marketing

Current Employment Position(s)

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Outside Counsel
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Past Positions

Levin & Hawes, Associate, 1999 - 2002

Languages

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English
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Vietnamese
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Classes and Seminars

Author, Trademark Registration Practice
Author, Practitioner's Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
Speaker and Instructor, Intellectual Property Matters, National MAGIC Marketplace Fashion Tradeshow
Intellectual Property Law - Trademark Prosecution, Western SOL, 2012
Intellectual Property Law - TTAB Litigation, OC Paralegal Association, 2010

Published Works

Articles

Trademark Registration Practice, Thomson Reuters, 1999-2017
Copyright Registration Practice, Thomson Reuters, 2015-2017
Practitioner's Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Thomson Reuters, 1999-2017

Bar Admissions

California, 1996
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1996
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1996

Other Affiliations

VABASC, 2016 - Present (Vice President)
VABASC, 2008 - 2016 (Board Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

Alpha Delta Pi

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Contact

Irvine, CA

2020 Main Street
Suite 600
Irvine, CA 92614

Directions

Phone: 888-714-1738

Fax: 949-975-7501

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.bkcglaw.com

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