Akosua Kyereme-Tuah

Background and Experience

Akosua Kyereme-Tuah is an intellectual property attorney. She has more than a decade of IP experience, including patent litigation, prosecution, and examination.

Before joining the MIT TLO, Akosua practiced at leading law firms and served as a federal law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Akosua served as a primary patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office prior to becoming an attorney. Her earlier professional experience also includes business strategy, management consulting, and software development.

Akosua holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management, an M.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University, and a B.A. in Computer Science from Knox College. She is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., and New York, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.