Software Management

Vintee Mishra

Location: San Jose, CA USA. E-mail: ******.******@*****.***, Ph.: +1-626-***-****

Specialization

Contract Review, Revision and Negotiation Contract Risk analysis and Mitigation Strategy Software Licensing Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing Open Source Software License Analysis IP Reports, Audits, Culture and Hygiene Domain Name Dispute Resolution

A. Cisco Systems Inc. Commercial Software Compliance Specialist and Contracts

Manager in Global Supply Chain through TCS (TATA Consultancy Services) Consultant /

Business Associate

May, 2012 - May, 2014. Irvine, CA, USA

* Software Contracts and Licensing - Review, Modification and Compliance Check of more than thousand (1000) Negotiated and Non Negotiated Cisco and third party Agreements (Technology Agreements, Software-as-a-Service Agreements, Cloud Based Services Agreements, Software License Agreements, Vendor Supply Agreements, EULA’s, OEM/ODM/JDM Agreements, Evaluation Agreements, Services Agreements, Click to Accept Agreements, Reseller Agreements, IP Assignment and Acquisition Agreements, Patent and Copyright Licenses, Toolkit Agreements, Amendments etc) including over fifty (50) contracts of value more than $20,00,000 in USA, China, Europe and India.

* Partnering with SoW draft team - Consult and Conduct SOW Review and Analysis, Suggest Modifications.

* Commercial Software Verification Process - Process Set Up, Risk Assessment, Playbook/Dashboard Creation, Compliance Reporting and Training to over fifty (50) business/engineering groups

* Original Design Manufacturer Agreements (ODM) - Special Point of Contact for over two hundred (200) agreements from more than ten (10) ODM suppliers, Develop Use Cases, Review Agreements, Create ODM Playbook and Establish IP Culture and Hygiene, Proposals, Business Requirement

Documents, Training Videos

* Open Source License Analysis - Opinion and Risk Assessment of embedded open source software, Coordination with Open Source Compliance Team, Training Business Units, Identification and Risk Assessment of Third Party Code, Training Contract Management Team, Work closely with Legal team on IP issues

* Software Product Data Management - Create Agreement and License Attributes, Use Cases for Software Bill of Materials, Conduct Royalty Analysis and Opinion

* Training – Contracts and License Review training, Software Management and Compliance training to Software Compliance team

* Third Party Software Supplier Interaction – Handhold Software Import from third party vendors/suppliers

* Contract Management - Work closely with various teams companywide including Global Software Management team, Sales and Marketing team, Legal team, Royalty Analysis team, Finance team, Operations team etc.

* Good Knowledge of Emptoris Contract Management Tool

* Good knowledge of Waterfall and Agile models

B. Brain League IP Services, Inc. (now IP Metrix), Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd. And Brain League Counsels (now Banana IP Counsels)

Head Strategic Analysis and Collaboration

May, 2011 – May 2012 Pleasanton, CA, USA

* Open Source License Analysis - Analysis and Opinion (review and interpretation of terms of licenses, license compliance check, software review and approval of use, source code check for embedded third party software); Risk Assessment and Mitigation (mitigate copyright and patent infringement, identify and mitigate contamination of source code, identify other intellectual property issues); Playbook (audit, policy and guidelines set up, training business units, create and maintain license analysis summaries, maintain archive of approved software)

* Technology Transfer – Draft, Review and Negotiation of Technology Agreements, Royalty Analysis and Prosecution and Litigation Strategy for over hundred (100) Companies, Universities, Sole Proprietors

* Contracts, Licensing and Proposals – Draft, Review and Negotiation of more than two hundred (200) Clinical Trial Agreements, Clinical Research Agreements, Research Development and Licensing Agreements, Drug Development Agreements, Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreements, Consultant Agreements, RFPs, Purchase Orders, Collaboration Agreements, Material Transfer, Sales Agreements, Intellectual Property Licensing and Assignments, Procurement Agreements, Privacy Policies, Terms of Use, Employment and Termination Agreements, Master Service Agreement, Service Level Agreements, Statement of Work, Supply Agreements, Amendments etc.

* License and Agreement Management – Portfolio Management of various types of Contracts and Agreements

* IP Audits – over ten (10) IP Excavation, Process Compliance and Recommendation Report

* IP Risks- Policy/Process Set-up, Risk Avoidance/Mitigation Opinions

Senior Associate and Senior IP Analyst

December, 2009-May 2010, Bangalore India; May 2010- May, 2011 Gurgaon, India

* IP Contracts and Licensing - Review, Draft and Negotiation of over three hundred (300) Agreements

* Open Source Software Licensing - Review, Analysis Reports and Strategic Advise on all kinds of open source and free software licenses

* Domain Name Dispute Resolutions – Draft and Strategize more than ten (10) UDRP, INDRP resolutions

* IP Audits – over fifteen (15) IP Excavation, Process Compliance and Recommendation Report

* Patent, Trade mark and Copyright Filing and Prosecution – in India, USA, Pakistan, Switzerland, UK, China, Russia etc

* Trademarks - Risk Assessment and Watch

* Copyrights - Opinion and Content Monitor

IP Analyst

November, 2007- December 2009, Bangalore, India

* IP Analysis - Website Audit, Copyrights, Trademarks and Industrial Designs Infringement

* Trademark - Search, Filing, Prosecution, Oppositions, Counter Statements, Evidence and Legal Notices

* IP Training - Trade Secrets, Data Protection, Industrial Designs and IP Risks

Publications and Presentations

* Co-authored article on “Open Source Software and Patent Risks” in Wipro’s Risk Office Publication, ‘Enterprise Risk Management - Insights’

* Published interview on sealing the IP rights in daily English newspapers, such as “The Telegraph” (Newspaper clip can be provided on request).

* Published lectures on National Law school of India University website as Guest Faculty on Semiconductors And Data Protection, Breach of Privacy (Reference may be taken from University on request).

* Published several articles on IP blogs -http://www.sinapseblog.com/?s=vintee&x=0&y=0

* Presented on several IP related topics in various seminars. (Presentation references may be provided on request).

Affiliations, Certifications, Training Programs

Bar Council of Delhi, India 2011

Advocate, Enrollment Number - D/473/2011

Indian Trademark Office 2009

Indian Trademark Agent

World Intellectual Property Organization 2007

Certificate Course on Intellectual Property

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories 2007

Underwent Certificate Training on Grey Areas and Unresolved Questions on

Pharmaceutical Patent Laws

Confederation of Indian Industry - European Union 2006

Training Program on IP Awareness

Company Secretary (Inter) 2006

Education

National Law University, Jodhpur India - LL.M., Intellectual Property Rights, 2008

GPA in specialization papers

* Contract Law (IP Contracts) -O (Outstanding) - 10 on 10

* Trade Secrets - D+ (Excellent) - 9 on 10

* Trademarks - D (Excellent) - 8 on 10

* Open Source Software and Patent Assertion - D (Excellent) - 8 on 10

Barkatullah University, Bhopal India - LL.B., 2006

* Contract Law I- 62%

Barkatullah University, Bhopal India - B.Com (Honors) Management, 2003

* Business Law (Principles of Contract) - 80%

Sikkim Manipal University, Bangalore India

* M.Sc., Information Technology (Pursuing last semester)

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