Dentons

IP and TMT

Senior Counsel

Dentons, Almaty, 2009–to date

Kazakhstan Bar Association (KazBar) International Trademark Association (INTA) Pro Bono Committee, 2024–2025 (INTA) EUROBAK Data Privacy Working Group

Al-Farabi University, 2024, PhD in Law Odessa Law Academy, 2018, International Internship Hochschule Wismar, 2017, Principles of German and European Union Civil, Civil Procedure and Public Law Adilet High School of Law, 2015, LL.M Eastern Mediterranean University, 2014, International Internship University of Amsterdam, 2010, International Copyright Law Courses Aktobe State University, 2009, LL.B, with Honours Aktobe Academy of Art, 2004, Degree, with Honours

Aliya Seitova is a senior counsel in Dentons’ Almaty office. A Kazakhstan Trademark and Patent Attorney, Aliya is one of only a few Eurasian-qualified patent attorneys in Kazakhstan who can register inventions and industrial designs at the regional level in the Eurasian Economic Union.

With 16 years of professional experience, Aliya focuses on intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on supporting clients in filing trademarks and patents, trademark and patent infringement matters and related issues, such as unfair competition, customs records, renewal services and 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 is known for her outside the box approaches to complex issues. Clients appreciate her creativity as well as her clear and prompt advice. She is also the author of a manual that assists judges in Kazakhstan in rendering judgments in intellectual property cases. Aliya has also advised clients in data protection and advertising issues, as well as on mass media regulation (including registration of foreign TV channels in Kazakhstan) and IT, AI related questions.