Erin Mendillo

Experience

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  Lockheed Martin

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Software Engineer/Quality Engineer
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  McCarter & English, LLP

  Mar 2010 - Apr 2012

  Intellectual Property Group

  • Associate

    Mar 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Law Clerk

    Mar 2010 - Sept 2010
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  Proskauer Rose LLP

  May 2012 - Feb 2014

  Associate

  Intellectual Property and Litigation Group; Specializing in patent prosecution of mechanical devices, medical devices, computer devices, computer hardware techniques, computer software, etc.

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  Rimini Street

  Feb 2014 - Feb 2022

  Transitioned to Senior Corporate Counsel, IP, continuing as in-house counsel at Rimini Street, Inc., who provides independent enterprise software maintenance and support for SAP and Oracle EBS, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JDE, Hyperion and RETEK software; Working closely with our global teams, including our engineering departments during concept, development and execution of new products, processes, and infrastructure technology strategies; Determining best practices for IP compliance and providing internal training and oversight to assure compliance; auditing internal processes for IP compliance and proposing any necessary corrective action, remediation or change in process; and researching and drafting internal processes and policies relating to IP in partnership with other departments; Responsible for oversight of the company’s marketing and technical content review and management of assignments in the Legal department, partnering with Marketing and Corporate Communications to implement the company’s external communication efforts; Assuring compliance with all inbound and outbound licensing agreements and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, including license agreements, strategic partnerships, transactions; Counseling on customer agreements and licensing in collaboration with our Legal Transactions team, and providing IP and litigation counsel and support in collaboration with our Litigation team and outside counsel; Supervisory tasks and assisting managing other corporate counsel within our IP team, and performing other general corporate law functions, legal support and general corporate law advice as needed including issues with security breaches, phishing attacks and related notifications, privacy issues, IP due diligence, IP training, etc. Show less Corporate Counsel, IP, for litigation and IP work as in-house counsel at Rimini Street, Inc., who provides independent enterprise software maintenance and support for SAP and Oracle EBS, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JDE, Hyperion and RETEK software.I attend to various in-house IP issues and matters, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade-secret matters, and also assist on litigation IP matters. With a software background, I also work closely with our engineers on software and license issues. With a growing global customer base, I assist our U.S. and International Transaction teams (working with Sales, Renewals and other groups) on our IP terms for client service contracts, and also work on consulting and vendor contracts, etc. I also work with outside counsel on some complex issues.Prior to Rimini Street, I was an Associate at the law firms of Proskauer Rose, LLP and McCarter & English, LLP, and interned at Ropes & Gray, LLP. My practice focused on patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution as well as IP litigation, due diligence, on-line enforcement, contracts and licensing (in the U.S. and abroad) . I represented clients in several technological fields including software, software development, and medical and mechanical devices. Prior to practicing law and law school, I was a Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin Co. for about 5 years where I worked on simulation software development and testing for the U.S. Navy.I received my J.D. with honors from UCONN Law, completing the IP Certificate program, receiving the Cali Honor Patent Law, and serving as the Technology Editor for the CT Journal of International Law. I interned for the Honorable Loraine Murphy Weil of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the Honorable Judge Grant Miller of the CT Superior Court. I graduated with honors from Roger Williams Univ., completing my B.S. in Comp. Sci., a 2nd major in Mathematics, and 2 minors in Comp. Info. Sys. and Business Management. Show less Promoted from Corporate Counsel to Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property. Corporate and intellectual property work as in-house counsel at Rimini Street, Inc., who provides independent enterprise software maintenance and support for SAP and Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Hyperion and RETEK software.As Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property on our Litigation Team, I assist on all litigation related matters, including case management, strategy, drafting various litigation related documents and memos, and working with outside counsel, as well as manage and attend to the various in-house intellectual property issues and matters that arise, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade-secret matters. With my background in the software industry, I also work closely with our engineering teams on software and software licensing issues. As necessary, I work with our outside counsel on more complex issues and litigation related inquiries.I also assist our U.S. Transactions Team, working closely with Sales and Renewals and other groups in our company drafting, reviewing, analyzing and negotiating non-disclosure agreements, our client service contract terms, consulting contracts, vendor agreements, etc. Additionally, with our large and growing international customer base, I assist our International Team with international contracts as needed. Show less Corporate and intellectual property work as in-house counsel at Rimini Street, Inc., who provides independent enterprise software maintenance and support for SAP and Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Hyperion and RETEK software.As Corporate Counsel for our U.S. Transactions Team, I work closely with Sales and Renewals and other groups in our company drafting, reviewing, analyzing and negotiating non-disclosure agreements, our client service contract terms, consulting contracts, vendor agreements, etc. Additionally, with our large and growing international customer base, I assist our International Team with international contracts as needed. With my background in the software industry and intellectual property, I also manage and attend to the majority and various in-house intellectual property issues and matters that arise. Additionally, I work with our outside counsel on more complex issues and litigation related inquiries. Show less

  • Director and Managing Counsel Intellectual Property

    Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Senior Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property

    Dec 2018 - Nov 2021

  • Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property

    Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property

    Apr 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Corporate Counsel

    Feb 2014 - Apr 2015
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  Iron Mountain

  Dec 2021 - now

  Director, Senior Corporate Counsel (Products & Technology)

  Broadly responsible for supporting Iron Mountain's engineering, product, innovation and business teams on the development and commercialization of strategically important solutions and digital products, including: generally helping to ensure compliance with data use rights, licensing terms and other contractual restrictions as well as privacy and data security requirements, and developing pragmatic solutions to mitigate legal risk; reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and closing strategically important SaaS, PaaS, cloud, OEM, reseller, partner agreements and other arrangements; guiding business, engineering, product, and innovation teams from early stage product development to product launch and commercialization; developing EULAs and contract templates, along with guidelines on contracts, the protection of IP, and use of open source; developing and leading training for key stakeholders on technology agreements and IP guidelines; identifying opportunities to improve processes and driving changes across the organization; and implementing company strategy with respect to cloud, enterprise platforms, open source, data licensing and AI/ML. Show less