Dentons

Intellectual Property and Technology

Senior Associate, Almaty

Aliya Seitova is a senior associate, as well as Kazakhstan Trademark and Patent Attorney.  In 2022, she became one of a few Eurasian Patent Attorneys located in Kazakhstan, which allows her to register inventions and industrial designs at the regional level in the Eurasian Economic Union.

With almost 15 years of professional experience, she focuses on intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on trademark and patent filing and prosecution matters, trademark and patent infringement matters and related issues such as unfair competition, customs recordal, renewal services, due diligence of intellectual property rights.

She has experience in representing clients before the local Trademark and Patent Office (Qazpatent) and courts, and actively works on assignment, licensing, and franchising of companies’ exclusive rights.

Aliya also has experience on data protection cases, advertising, as well as mass media regulation (including registration of foreign TV channels in Kazakhstan).

Prior and Present Employment

Dentons, Almaty (2009 – to date)

English

Kazakhstan Bar Association (KazBar)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

EUROBAK Data Privacy Working Group

Adilet Higher Law School, Caspian University, 2016-2019, PhD program

Odessa Law Academy, 2018, International Internship

Hochschule Wismar, 2017, International Internship

Adilet Higher Law School, Caspian University, 2015, Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Eastern Mediterranean University, 2014, International Internship

University of Amsterdam, 2010, International Copyright Law Summer Courses

Aktobe State University, 2009, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), with Honours

Aktobe Academy of Art, 2004, degree, with Honours