Company Overview

Network-1 is focused on the acquisition, development, licensing and general enforcement of its intellectual property portfolio. We identify and acquire intellectual property from companies and inventors and implement industry-wide licensing programs on reasonable terms to enable widespread adoption. In this manner, Network-1 is able to maximize the value of the technologies and generate returns for the inventor's research and development investments.

Inventors and firms that sell their intellectual property to Network-1 may retain a stake in the royalties generated by our licensing efforts.  This enables them to protect and monetize their technology without the considerable expense and effort required to enforce intellectual property rights.  Our goal is to maximize the value of our portfolio for the benefit of our shareholders and partners by generating high margin licensing revenues with limited operating risk and expenses.

Network-1’s current portfolio consists of six patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office that were originally developed and assigned to Merlot Communications.   They relate to two rapidly growing technology spaces: delivery of Power over Ethernet (PoE) and quality of service (QoS) measures for delivery of multi-media traffic. 

Current licensing efforts are focused on providers of PoE source equipment and powered devices based on the IEEE 802.3af standard, which was ratified in June 2003.  These devices are used for such emerging applications as Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, wireless access points, RFID sensors and networked security cameras, among others.  PoE technology delivers tremendous cost savings, reliability and network consolidation benefits that have an immediate and substantial impact on a business’s bottom line.