Welcome to K&S Partners

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Welcome to K&S PartnersInternship Program

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About K&S Partners

• One of the leading Intellectual Property Law firm in India

• Consistently ranked as Tier 1 IP Law Firm for the last several years

• Founded in 1994

• Vision – “To be the Finest IP Law Firm in India”

• 110 Professionals; 139 support personnel

• Practice Areas

• Patents/ Designs/ Trademarks/ Copyright/ Geographical Indications/ Trade secrets and related matters

– To learn more about us, visit – www.knspartners.com

http://www.knspartners.com/

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Locations

GurgaonBangalore

Chennai Hyderabad

New DelhiMumbai


Joining the firm

• As you join you would be taken through this presentation

• Ask as many questions you would have; clear any doubts that you might have

• You would have to sign a confidentiality certificate; keep a copy with you

• Submit a cancelled cheque

• Ensure that you are introduced to your mentor; have a brief chat with him/ her

• Based on the number of interns, you may or may not be given a desktop; if not, you may use your own machine

• Do get your official email id for the period that you are with us


Things to know that might help you

• You may sometimes need to print; do ask of the process as different locations would have different systems; For example in Gurgaon, you would use the printer in the library; ensure that the printer is installed in the machine that you are using

• Depending upon the location, please ONLY use the cafeteria for having food; do not use your workstations for having food, except for in Chennai and Mumbai where we do not have a formal cafeteria

• As a firm we value discipline; we would like you to be disciplined as well

• Be decent in your presentation and approach; not casual

• We are always there to help you; do ask for clarifications whenever there is a conflict in your mind


The Internship Programme

• Objective– Help young students by giving a practical insight of IPR work supervised

by practicing Attorneys/ Technologists

– Help the young professionals to apply the theoretical classroom knowledge to practical areas of legal work

– Help the interns develop legal and professional skills with the objective of preparing them for future professional assignments

• Duration: up to 4 weeks

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Confidentiality

• Success and growth of K&S Partners depend on how we safeguard client and all internal information considered to be confidential

• As an intern, it is your duty and responsibility to ensure any firm information handled is kept confidential and not disclosed to any third party

• Keep such information as confidential and privileged communication; use it only for performance of duties

• Please do not disclose information to any person including family members, relatives, friends or any other person

• Any such disclosure/ transfer of any such information will be considered as major misconduct. The firm reserves the right to initiate appropriate legal action to safeguard the interests of the firm and its clients


Confidentiality

• Confidential information may include the firms’ IP and any information concerning the firm’s business

• “Confidential Information” includes but not limited to the Firm’s databases, Schedule of Charges, Profiles, client communications/ information/ data, passwords and IDs to electronic subscriptions, opinions, drafts, standard forms, etc.

• You will properly handle all documents/ papers and other media containing firm and client information

• You will not carry any magnetic storage material to and from office with any kind of data/ information related to the Firm or its clients


Confidentiality

• The confidentiality and nondisclosure obligation contained in the paragraphs above is in addition to and not in substitution of the confidentiality obligations contained in the internship engagement letter

• The confidentiality and non-disclosure obligation will survive the termination of relationship with the firm and will remain binding without any limitation of time


Office Timings

Office Timing

• 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Lunch Timing

• 12:45 pm to 1:30 pm

K&S follows a 5-day working week – Monday to Friday. All Saturdays/Sundays will be off


Lunch Information

• The firm will provide you lunch; we will try to provide you with some variety across the days; however, please do not put special requests to us about the item/ dishes

• Should you be bringing your lunch with you, please inform the reception by 11:00 am

• You may order food for yourself if you wish to


Leave/ Early Leave Intimation

• There are no assigned leaves during your internship period; however, we do understand there there may be situations where you might have to take off from work

• Please ensure that you first take permission from your respective Mentor in case you are leaving early on a particular day or if you need leaves or want to leave early

• Inform admin/ reception about the leave intimation as well

• If you are not able to make it on a particular day, do call and inform admin/ reception


Attendance

• For your attendance, you need to do the following –– Attendance Register: an attendance register is kept at the reception;

kindly sign-in and sign-out as you come to office and leave the office; please mention the IN and OUT time as well

– Mark-in and Mark-out in the Intern Portal: you will be given access to an intern portal where apart from recording other related information you will also have to record your attendance; this is enumerated in the later slides


Dress Code

• Formal dressing is the norm Monday through Thursday. No informal/ casuals, including jeans, sneakers, sandals, T-Shirts other casual wear is entertained during these days

• Fridays’ are smart casual days. Members can come in smart casuals - NO shorts, torn jeans, floaters, sandal etc. However, it is imperative to come in formals if there are any official/ client engagements during the day


Resources

• The firm will provide you with a desktop with Internet connectivity, stationary and library facility during the internship. Laptops will be allowed in some offices where there is no adequate inventory of Desktops

• Internet services: Internet service has been left open to all the Interns without limitation of use. Interns are expected to use this service only for official purpose. Strict action may be taken if an Intern is found to misuse any of the office facilities provided to him/her


Housekeeping/ Hygiene

• Please ensure that you leave the washroom as clean as you found it

• Do not leave the tap running

• Do not waste Toilet paper/ Use wisely and only as much as needed

• Do not dirty your workstation and leave wrappers around

• Please switch off lights in and around your work stations before you leave the office or break for lunch

• Maintain all shared items in "like new" condition and return borrowed supplies, if any

• If the printer stalls or jams, take time to undo the jam or to alert the proper person to attend to it. We all expect and want to be able to use items and equipment when needed


Some more housekeeping tips

• Monitor the volume of your conversations– Be sensitive to how loudly you may be speaking. Be conscious of how

your voice travels, and try to lower the volume of your voice when talking on the phone or to others in open areas

• Keep personal telephone conversations at a minimum– Be ever mindful that others are nearby and that this is a place of

business. Request you to keep your personal calls at as much minimum as possible (Unless very urgent)

• Keep your personal workspace clean and neat at all times– Generally, less is better when it comes to office and workstation decor.

Try to keep your workplace neat and tidy; do not overdo, clutter, and obstruct your work area


Completion of Internship

• As you complete your internship, get the worksheet printed and signed by your mentor/ attorney

• Submit this to HR/ Admin

• Post completion of internship, your mentor will evaluate your performance; this may be shared with your institute, if required

• Based on the submission and the evaluation made by your intern, you will be awarded the certificate

• Feedback: as you complete the internship you have to provide your feedback about your experience about the programme. – The feedback form is available in the internship portal home page


Stipend!!

• Yes! You get a small pocket-money for all the hard work that you put in

• @ Rs 1000 a week or Rs 200 a day, when we calculate for the number of days you work

• So its important that you Mark-in/ Mark-out your attendance because your stipend amount would be generated by the system based on the number of days it finds you present

• You need to submit a cancelled cheque when you join; stipend amount would be credited to your account via RTGS or in certain cases you may be given a cheque


Our Affiliate – J Sagar Associates

• J. Sagar Associates (“JSA”) is a leading national law firm in India. The practice areas of JSA cover General Corporate Commercial; Projects; Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity; Banking & Finance; Capital Markets & Securities; Regulatory & Policy; Taxation and Dispute Resolution

• Comprising over 350 lawyers and consultants , JSA has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi

• www.jsalaw.com

http://www.jsalaw.com/

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USING THE INTERNSHIP PORTAL


Internship Portal

• As an intern you will use the internship portal for a variety of tasks– http://internship.knspartners.com

• You will use this site for –– Managing personal information

– Marking attendance

– Managing your tasks at K&S

– Providing your feedback about the programme

• This is how you use the portal -

http://internship.knspartners.com/


Internship Portal

• Open Internet Explorer/ Edge and type the URL– http://internship.knspartners.com

– You come to the login page; use your Unique ID and login

– You will come to the home page -

http://internship.knspartners.com/

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Manage your personal details

Fill-in all the relevant detailsSome fields will be pre-populated

Do not leave any field emptyOnce done, click on “update”

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Mark you attendance

As you start your work for the day, please click here to mark-in your

attendance in the system. While you end your work in the evening mark-out your attendance. This way your

attendance will be recorded and stored in the system. You can also view

your attendance here

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Manage your tasks in K&S

This section is for managing the tasks that you do at K&S. This is your worksheet where you

record your daily tasks and update status. Your mentors have direct access to your tasks

online and can view them at any point of time. So, it is recommended that you enter your task and update status on a daily basis

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Manage your tasks at K&S

To add a new task click on “Add New Task”

The tasks that you undertake

Brief Summary

Mentor/GuideName from drop-down

Status of work from drop-down

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Manage your tasks at K&S

This is how your page – “Manage your Tasks” would look as you start entering your tasks. If you want to edit a task click on the name of the task and you can then edit it. If you want to delete an entry click on the bin against each task.

To print the report click on the tab – “Print your tasks”. At the end of your internship, a printed report of your worksheet has to be signed by your mentor and submitted to HR/Admin. Your certificate will be issued as you submit this.


Tasks/ Worksheet

• Fill in your worksheets regularly to avoid any delays/confusion

• Please use Internet Explorer and no other browser especially for Worksheets

• Get the Worksheet signed by every mentor with whom you have worked and then hand over to HR/ Admin for your Internship Certificate

• In a situation that your mentor is not available, please request for work from other Associates/Partners. If you are still confused then please get in touch with the HR/ Admin Team

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Upload you photo

Simple enough! Select a picture of yours from your system and upload

this. We need this for our records and future reference

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Guideline and Induction

Here, you can get the guidelines that would have to follow during your internship.

The “Internship Induction” will give you access to view this presentation, in case you need to

know something during your internship

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Internship Feedback

Important: We value your feedback; we look forward to hear from you about your experience about the programme. Your inputs would be

helpful to improve upon what we have now.

Click on this icon and you will be taken to a feedback form. Respond to each of the statements; also write comments, if any and then submit

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USING EMAILS


Using Emails

• As you join the firm for your internship, you ill be allotted an official email id– Like [email protected]

• You will use this email only for all communication within the firm; you will not use your personal email for internal communication

• You will be provided with an username and password for accessing your email account

• Ensure that you have these details as you join

• This is how you can access your email account -

mailto:[email protected]

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Using Emails

Type URL –http://o365.knspartners.com

(webmail portal) in internet explorer and login with your username and

password; the username is generally your allotted email id

To create a new mail, click on “New” and start writing your mail as you do

otherwise

http://o365.knspartners.com/

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Using Emails

Do “sign out” properly when you have finished using the application

Once you finish your mail, click on “send” to get that going to the

recipient

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So that’s it!Questions?

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Have a good learning experience with us

Thank you!

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