Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 8, 2020, Network-1 Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 10,530,575 (Systems and Methods for "Machine-to-Machine" (M2M) Communications Between Modules, Servers, and an Application using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)) and U.S. Patent No. 10,523,432 (Power Management and Security for Wireless Modules in "Machine-to-Machine" Communications). The claims in the newly issued patents are generally directed towards methods of communication between Machine-to-Machine modules and servers. The newly issued patents arise from a patent application contained in the M2M/IoT Patent Portfolio acquired by the Company in December 2017. With this latest issuance, the M2M/IoT Patent Portfolio now includes twenty-six (26) issued U.S. patents and six (6) pending U.S. patent applications, plus seven (7) additional pending non-U.S. patent applications. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Additionally, on January 8, 2020, the Company announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 10,521,470 ("Methods For Using Extracted Features To Perform An Action Associated With Selected Identified Image") and U.S. Patent No. 10,521,471 ("Methods For Using Extracted Features To Perform An Action Associated With Selected Identified Image"). The claims of the newly issued patents are generally directed towards methods of content extraction and identification, including performance of actions following therefrom. The newly issued patents arise from a patent application contained in the Cox Patent Portfolio acquired by the Company from Professor Ingemar Cox in 2013. Since the acquisition of the Cox Patent Portfolio, the Company has filed thirty-four (34) additional patent applications, thirty (30) of which have been issued bringing the total Cox Patent Portfolio of granted patents to thirty-five (35). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description


  99.1     Press Release dated January 7, 2020


  99.2     Press Release dated January 8, 2020








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