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Loyallyst SaaS: How we protected Ukrainian IT startup worldwide

Since 2026, we have been cooperating with LOYALLYST - a modern SaaS platform for managing loyalty programs. The main idea of the platform is to abandon plastic cards and use digital cards in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

Marat Degtear | Patent Attorney | IT Lawyer

7/14/20263 min read

What was the motivation of the founders of Loyallyst to launch IP protection? Why we launched a custom legal strategy in 2026?

Andrei and Mikhail, as founders and entrepreneurs at the time of our acquaintance, were already familiar with the risks and competition in the field of IT development of SaaS products, aware of the problems that may arise in the lack of reservation of rights or errors that lead to loss of profit or litigations.

Their product has already gained significant popularity, including among competitors, so grammatic protection for Loyallyst has become an important development factor in the future

Within 3 months of work, we provided the Loyallyst team with all primary documents, carried out all legal actions that consolidated the protection of their Intellectual Property.

This year ADVANCED LAWYERS launched IP & Legal services cooperation with Loyallyst. The Ukrainian SaaS B2B service, founded by Andrey Dobrovolsky and Mikhail Skorokhodov.


Today Loyallyst is a modern SaaS platform that helps businesses build and manage digital customer loyalty programs. Today, the platform is actively used by companies in Moldova, Ukraine, and EU, enabling restaurants, retail stores, beauty salons, and other businesses to increase customer retention through digital loyalty cards, rewards, cashback, and personalized marketing campaigns. The platform has already demonstrated measurable business results. For example, after implementing Loyallyst's loyalty program, 1708 Pizza di Napoli in the center of Chișinău, Moldova, achieved a 79% repeat purchase rate, highlighting the platform's ability to strengthen customer loyalty and generate sustainable revenue growth.

Founders Loyallyst turned to us with a simple task: To ensure maximum legal protection of intellectual property for the created IT product, which will fix the rights and, if necessary, protect the rights of Andrei and Mikhail worldwide.

After holding several meetings, finding out the main tasks, risks, and plans of the developers, we formed a plan for the legal protection of the IT product Loyallyst. Our task was to create a long-term IP strategy that would help the founders protect their product, IT facilities, which include:

  1. General back-end source code;

  2. Web application code;

  3. Architecture code and business logic;

  4. Appearance of front-end, UI/UX of applications on mobile devices;

  5. Appearance of front-end, UI/UX of applications for PC;

  6. Appearance of UI/UX and CRM system.

  7. Individual elements of an IT startup that distinguish it from competitors;

  8. And others.

The work done was aimed at achieving concrete results and measures to protect against copyright infringement, as well as the possibility of lawsuits against other third parties. What exactly are the tasks of our work for Loyallyst? By the way, this applies to most clients who turn to ADVANCED LAWYERS.

  1. Evidence base in the courts in the member states of the Universal Copyright Convention - an international agreement on the protection of copyright. Adopted in Geneva on 6 September 1952;

  2. The possibility of safe investment attraction to IT product, thanks to documents that confirm the rights of the creators.

  3. Official fixation of the earliest date of submission and creation of IT product elements, which is recognized by courts around the world.

  4. Legit legal fixation of objects, elements of the program code, which distinguishes Loyallyst from other projects. Andrey and Mikhail as creators will be able to prove their originality to third parties if necessary.

  5. The strongest argument, which is accepted by moderators in case of disputes AppStore, Google Play when publishing applications

  6. Of course, this is protection from competitors who unfairly forge the application.

  7. Protection from employees who, despite the NDA and other formalities, can get access to the source code of the IT startup and prove their innocence.

  8. The most important legal documentation, thanks to which founders can receive royalties, conclude franchise agreements, partnership on the basis of fixed material rights.

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