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Dec. 31, 2014
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Notes to Financial Statements | |
BUSINESS |
Network-1 Technologies, Inc. (the Company) is engaged in the development, licensing and protection of its intellectual property assets. The Company presently owns twenty-four (24) patents that relate to various technologies including patents covering (i) the delivery of power over Ethernet (PoE) cables for the purpose of remotely powering network devices, such as wireless access ports, IP phones and network based cameras; (ii) foundational technologies that enable unified search and indexing, displaying and archiving of documents in a computer system; (iii) enabling technology for identifying media content on the Internet and taking further action to be performed based on such identification; and (iv) systems and methods for the transmission of audio, video and data over computer and telephony networks in order to achieve high quality of service (QoS). The Company has been actively engaged in licensing its remote power patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930) covering the control of power delivery over Ethernet cables (the Remote Power Patent). The Company has entered into sixteen (16) license agreements with respect to its Remote Power Patent. The Companys current strategy includes continuing to pursue licensing opportunities for its Remote Power Patent and monetizing two patent portfolios (the Cox and Mirror Worlds patent portfolios hereinafter referred to as the Cox Patent Portfolio and the Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio) acquired by the Company in 2013 (see Note H[2] hereof). The Companys acquisition strategy is to focus on acquiring high quality patents which management believes have the potential to generate significant licensing opportunities as the Company has achieved with respect to its Remote Power Patent. The Company continually reviews opportunities to acquire or license additional intellectual property. In addition, the Company may enter into strategic relationships with third parties to develop, commercialize, license or otherwise monetize their intellectual property.
The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC. |