UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):          July 14, 2021      

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Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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Delaware 001-15288 11-3027591
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

445 Park Avenue, Suite 912, New York, New York 10022

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 829-5770 

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

NTIP

 NYSE American

  

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 8.01Other Events.

On July 14, 2021 Network-1 Technologies, Inc. announced that the European Patent Office issued a Decision to Grant European Patent No. EP3111689 (Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card Supporting Two-Factor Authentication), which is being published in the European Patent Bulletin of July 14, 2021. In addition, the UK Intellectual Property Office issued Intention to Grant letters for Applications GB1608573.0 and GB2100530.1 (both entitled Set of Servers for “Machine-to-Machine” Communications Using Public Key Infrastructure). The UK applications are expected to be granted shortly after July 9, 2021 and August 9, 2021, respectively. The claims in these granted foreign applications are generally directed towards authentication of a module including an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) with a mobile network and supporting secure communication between the module and the mobile network.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)       Exhibits

Exhibit No.Description
  
99.1Press Release dated July 14, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
     
Dated  July 16, 2021 By: /s/ Corey M. Horowitz
 

Name:    Corey M. Horowitz

Title:      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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