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[[PayPal]], [[Parallels]], Accuweather, Associated Press, [[CM4all]] and [[GeoTrust]]<ref>[http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/StrategicPartners;jsessionid=8595FC204827CF4835CE8EBDE71F62C7.TCpfix141a?__frame=_top Business Partners]</ref>

[[PayPal]], [[Parallels]], Accuweather, Associated Press, [[CM4all]] and [[GeoTrust]]<ref>[http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/StrategicPartners;jsessionid=8595FC204827CF4835CE8EBDE71F62C7.TCpfix141a?__frame=_top Business Partners]</ref>

== 1 & 1 Internet and ICANN==

== 1 & 1 Internet and .Info==

1 & 1 Internet is one of the 18 consortium comprising Afilias, LLC., the entity delegated by [[ICANN]] to manage the operations of the [[.info]] registry on November 2000.<ref>

1 & 1 Internet is one of the 18 consortium comprising Afilias, LLC., the entity delegated by [[ICANN]] to manage the operations of the [[.info]] registry on November 2000.<ref>

[http://www.afilias.info/news/2001/05/03/afilias-discuss-policies-protecting-intellectual-property-new-info-domain www.afilias.com]</ref>.Info is the second unrestricted top level domain ([[TLD]]) that was introduced following the [[.com]] TLD. In 2001, 1 & I internet was one of the registrars which offered the real time registration of the .info domain names during its launching in 2001. The company also provided its technical expertise to Afilias to help build a technical strategy to win the bid to operate the .info registry.<ref>[http://press.1and1.co.uk/xml/article?article_id=157 Top Level Domain .INFO Available In 2001 From 1&1 Internet]</ref>

[http://www.afilias.info/news/2001/05/03/afilias-discuss-policies-protecting-intellectual-property-new-info-domain www.afilias.com]</ref>.Info is the second unrestricted top level domain ([[TLD]]) that was introduced following the [[.com]] TLD. In 2001, 1 & I internet was one of the registrars which offered the real time registration of the .info domain names during its launching in 2001. The company also provided its technical expertise to Afilias to help build a technical strategy to win the bid to operate the .info registry.<ref>[http://press.1and1.co.uk/xml/article?article_id=157 Top Level Domain .INFO Available In 2001 From 1&1 Internet]</ref>

In 2005, 1 & 1 Internet, through its domain expert [[Eric Schaetzlein]], led a group of 30 registrars in objecting the draft proposal by [[ICANN]] to give [[Verisign]] exclusive control to manage the [[.com]] [[gTLD]]. Schaetzlein argued that under the new proposed agreement, Verisign is given the authority to raise domain fees as much as 7 percent per year without any justification. According to him it would negatively affect the competition within the Internet industry and domain registrants worldwide.

In 2005, 1 & 1 Internet, through its domain expert [[Eric Schaetzlein]], led a group of 30 registrars in objecting the draft proposal by [[ICANN]] to give [[Verisign]] exclusive control to manage the [[.com]] [[gTLD]]. Schaetzlein argued that under the new proposed agreement, Verisign is given the authority to raise domain fees as much as 7 percent per year without any justification. According to him it would negatively affect the competition within the Internet industry and domain registrants worldwide.