1GlobalPlace Forms Strategic Partnership With IPnetwork.

Business Editors

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2001

1GlobalPlace, Inc. (www.1globalplace.com), an established B2B resource for companies expanding online into foreign markets, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with IPnetwork, Inc. (www.ipnetwork.com),

Today, domain name issues are at the forefront of the intellectual property arena. In partnering with 1GlobalPlace to search, register and manage domain names, IPnetwork can extend to its clients the most efficient, cost-effective means of securing their identities abroad. By the same token, 1GlobalPlace customers will enjoy access to IPnetwork's vast licensing expertise and resources, including its industry leading software product, IP LicenseTracker(TM).

"IPnetwork is dedicated to helping the licensing industry work more efficiently and profitably," said 1GlobalPlace CEO and co-founder Marc Holtenhoff. "1GlobalPlace shares and complements that vision by providing the most comprehensive and streamlined tools available to help companies secure and protect their identities worldwide."

1GlobalPlace's services include automated global domain registration, domain local presence qualification, trademark application and in-country incorporations, as well as market research and personalized consulting. Since its launch in 1998, the company has worked with many leading Internet companies, including six of the ten most recognized Internet brands and several Fortune 500 clients, to secure their identity abroad.

"Domain names are an increasingly vital component of an organization's intellectual property," explained Christine Hearst Schwarzman, founder and Chairman of IPnetwork. "Via their suite of domain search, registration and management services, 1GlobalPlace will enable our clients to better protect their company and brand names worldwide from online threats like cybercloning and cybersquatting. We're excited to be able to offer these critical services to our clients as part of their IP portfolio."

About 1GlobalPlace, Inc.

1GlobalPlace, Inc. is a B2B resource for companies seeking to create and protect an online identity in foreign markets. 1GlobalPlace offers automated domain name registration and management in over 150 countries, including more than 40 "restricted" nations, among them China (.cn), France (.fr), Brazil (.br) and India (.in). The company's comprehensive and cost-effective services also include domain/local presence qualification, domain name "holding," trademark application and in-country incorporations, as well as market research and personalized consulting. 1GlobalPlace, Inc.'s vision is to be the leading resource in the $100+ billion foreign market entry and management services arena. The company is headquartered at 1700 Walnut Street, El Segundo, CA 90245, with European headquarters at Friedrichstr. 10, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany. For more information, visit www.1globalplace.com.

About IPnetwork, Inc.

IPnetwork (www.ipnetwork.com) is the premier provider of intellectual property and licensing solutions to companies with an interest in maximizing the return on their intellectual property assets. The company's IP LicenseTracker Solutions(TM) family of products and services allows licensing professionals to realize maximum return through the simplification, integration and management of the entire licensing life cycle. IPnetwork also is the only company to successfully conduct both Web-based licensing and sponsorship transactions, through its IP MarketZone(SM) and IP EventZone(SM), and is the exclusive online partner of industry leaders License! Magazine and the Licensing Show International. The company's financial backers include: Communicade, the new media investment vehicle of Omnicom Group, Inc., the global advertising, marketing and interactive media giant; Chase Capital Partners; and Merrill Lynch. For more information, visit www.ipnetwork.com.