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Press Release
Network-1 Announces Patent Litigation
Settlement
NEW YORK, April 30, 2007 --
Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NSSI)
today announced it had agreed to a settlement of its patent
infringement litigation against D-Link Corporation and D-Link
Systems ("D-Link") in the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division for infringement of
the Network-1's Remote Power Patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930).
Under the terms of the settlement, D-Link has agreed to enter
into a license agreement for the Remote Power Patent the terms
of which include monthly royalty payments of 3.25% of the net
sales of D-Link branded Power over Ethernet products, including
those products which comply with the IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at
Standards, for the full term of the Remote Power Patent, which
expires in March 2020. The royalty rate is subject to adjustment
beginning after the first quarter of 2008 to a rate consistent
with other similarly situated licensees of the Remote Power
Patent based on units of shipments of licensed products. In
addition, D-Link has agreed to pay Network-1 $100,000.
The products covered by the settlement include Power
over Ethernet enabled switches, wireless access
points, network security cameras and VoIP
telephones, among others. The terms of the License
Agreement are subject to a definitive agreement
between the parties, which will be accompanied by a
dismissal with prejudice of all claims and
counterclaims in the litigation currently pending in
the Eastern District of Texas.
"We are extremely pleased at the outcome of this
litigation and at the prospect of having D-Link as a
licensee of our Remote Power Patent," commented
Corey M. Horowitz, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Network-1. "This outcome is consistent
with Network-1's goal of making licenses available
to the technologies covered by the Remote Power
Patent to the Power over Ethernet industry in order
to promote the widespread adoption of this important
Standard."
The Remote Power Patent relates to, among other
things, the delivery of power over Ethernet cables
in order to remotely power network connected devices
including, among others, wireless switches, wireless
access points, RFID card readers, VoIP telephones
and network cameras. In June 2003, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) approved
the 802.3af Power over Ethernet ("PoE") standard
which has led to the rapid adoption of PoE. The IEEE
is currently working on the 802.3at Power over
Ethernet Plus (PoE Plus) Standard which will
increase the maximum power delivered to devices to
60 watts from the current 13 watts under 802.3af.
ABOUT NETWORK-1 SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. is engaged in the
acquisition, development, licensing and protection
of its intellectual property and proprietary
technologies. It currently owns six patents covering
various telecommunications and data networking
technologies and is currently focusing its licensing
efforts on its Remote Power Patent (U.S. Patent No.
6,218,930) covering the remote delivery of power
over Ethernet networks. The Remote Power Patent was
granted by the U.S. Office of Patents and Trademarks
on April 17, 2001 and expires on March 7, 2020.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements address future events and conditions concerning
the Company's business plans. Such statements are subject to a number of
risk factors and uncertainties as disclosed in the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-QSB for the three months ended September 30, 2006
including, among others, the ability of Network-1 to obtain license
agreements from third parties for its patent portfolio, uncertainty of
patent litigation, the Company's ability to achieve revenues and profits
from its patent portfolio, the Company's ability to raise capital when
needed, future economic conditions and technology changes and legislative,
regulatory and competitive developments. Except as otherwise required to
be disclosed in periodic reports, the Company expressly disclaims any
future obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking
statement contained herein.
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