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Dr Doreen Adoma Agyei

Co-Founder & IP Law Expert

Dr Doreen Adoma Agyei

Dr Doreen Adoma Agyei is a distinguished intellectual property law expert and lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. With over a decade of experience in IP law and legal education, she has become a leading voice for entrepreneurs, artists, and policymakers navigating intellectual property rights in Ghana and across Africa.

Her academic journey includes a PhD in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Michigan, USA (2023), where her research focused on copyright infringement and enforcement in Ghana. She also holds an LLM from the University of Michigan, another LLM from the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and a BL from Ghana Law School.

Dr Doreen Adoma Agyei serves as Vice President of IP Network Ghana and practices law at Moomin and Botta Solicitors, Kumasi. Her work focuses on democratizing access to IP knowledge, ensuring that Ghana's innovators—from tech startups to traditional artisans—understand how to protect and monetize their creative and commercial assets.

She has published extensively on copyright law, traditional cultural expressions (including Kente cloth protection), and comparative IP studies. Her research has appeared in the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, and KNUST Law Journal.

"Intellectual property law should never be a barrier to innovation. It should be the foundation upon which Ghana's creative and entrepreneurial economy is built."

— Dr Doreen Adoma Agyei

Education

2022-2023
PhD in Intellectual Property Law
University of Michigan, USA
2021-2022
LLM
University of Michigan, USA
2018
I.P. Litigation Training Certificate
Practising Law Institute, New York
2016
I.P. Training Certificate
University of Cambridge, UK
2010-2011
LLM
University of Hertfordshire, UK
2007-2009
BL
Ghana Law School, Accra
2003-2007
LLB
KNUST, Kumasi

Work Experience

2023 - Date
Lecturer
Department of Commercial Law, KNUST
2012-2023
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Commercial Law, KNUST
2012 - Date
Law Practitioner
Moomin and Botta Solicitors, Kumasi
2009-2010
Law Practitioner
Holy Trinity Law Firm, Kumasi

Awards & Scholarships

2021-2022
University of Michigan Grotius Scholarship
2019-2020
University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar (UMAPS)
2010-2011
University of Hertfordshire Chancellor's International Scholarship

Selected Publications

The Right to adequate Food and Security of Supply: Reinforcing the Role of Intellectual Property Rights
African Journal of International and Comparative Law
Amedume v Asante: Rethinking Performer Vulnerability in Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Transfers in Ghana
KNUST Law Journal
Producers' Vs Directors: Who Holds the Creative Rights? A Critical Analysis of Film Authorship in Ghana's Copyright Law
UPSA Africa International & Comparative Law Journal
Copyright Infringement and Enforcement in Ghana: A Comparative Study
PhD Published Dissertation, University of Michigan
Bridging the International gap in the protection of folklore: Analysis of the Ghanaian approach
Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal