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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001072613-16-000855
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160714
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160719
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160719

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NETWORK 1 TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001065078
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				113027591
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15288
		FILM NUMBER:		161773686

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		445 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 912
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2128295770

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		STREET 1:		445 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 912
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NETWORK 1 SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980629
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, </font>dated July&#160;14, 2016, between <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,</font> a Delaware corporation with its principal office located at 445 Park Avenue, Suite 912, New York, New York 10022 (the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Company"</font>), and <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">COREY M. HOROWITZ </font>residing at 6 Brooklawn Drive, Westport, Connecticut 06880 (the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Executive").</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SECTION 1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Employment</u></font>.&#160; The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment by the Company, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SECTION 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Term</u></font>. The employment of Executive hereunder shall be for a period commencing on July 14, 2016 (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Commencement Date</font>") and shall continue until July 14, 2021, or such earlier date upon which the employment of Executive shall terminate in accordance with the terms hereof (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Term of Employment</font>").&#160; The date on which Executive's employment hereunder shall terminate shall be called the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Termination Date</font>".</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SECTION 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Duties</u></font>.&#160; During the Term of Employment, Executive shall be employed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and will act in accordance with, and be subject to the policies and procedures as may be duly adopted by the Board of Directors (the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Board"</font>) from time to time.&#160; Executive shall perform such duties as are consistent therewith as the Board shall designate. Executive will be responsible for the management and operations of all aspects of the Company's business including, but not limited to, licensing, development and enforcement of the Company's patents, patent acquisitions, strategic relationships with third parties to monetize their patents, patent litigation oversight and finance and administration.&#160; Executive will also have direct responsibility, subject to Board of Directors policies and resolutions as noted above, for all current and future budget and staff, and profit and loss accountability for the Company in its entirety.&#160; Executive shall use his best efforts to perform well and faithfully the foregoing duties and responsibilities.&#160; In addition, Executive shall continue to serve as Chairman of the Board and shall be nominated during the Term of Employment on an annual basis as a director (subject to election by the stockholders of the Company).&#160; On the Termination Date, if Executive is no longer employed by the Company, he shall submit his resignation as Chairman of the Board of Directors (not as a member of the Board) if requested by the Company provided that Executive owns less than 5% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis after assuming the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and other convertible securities) or he has been Terminated for Cause (as defined in Section 9 hereof) or left the Company without Good Reason (as defined in Section 10 hereof).&#160; For purposes of this Agreement, so long as Executive shall serve as a member of the Board, any references herein to decisions or determinations to be made by the Board with respect to Executive (including, without limitation, matters relating to compensation and termination) shall be made by a majority of the then members of the Board excluding Executive, who shall recuse himself and abstain from voting with respect to any such matters.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SECTION 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><u>Compensation</u></font>.</font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 108pt">(ii) In addition to the Base Salary set forth in Section 5(a) above and the bonus set forth in Section 5(b)(i) above, during the Term of Employment or during the period in which Executive continues to serve as an executive officer of the Company whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, Executive shall receive incentive compensation in an amount equal to 5% of the Company's royalties or other payments received by the Company from licensing and enforcement activities (exclusive of proceeds from the sale of patents which is covered in Section 5(b)(iii) below) with respect to the Company's remote power patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930, the <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Remote Power Patent"</font>) and 10% of the Company's royalties and other payments received by the Company from licensing and enforcement activities with respect to the Company's other patents besides the Remote Power Patent including patents owned by the Company as of the date hereof other than the Remote Power Patent, subsequent newly issued patents, patents acquired or licensed by the Company on an exclusive basis and patents owned (or exclusively licensed) by third parties who the Company has an agreement with to license, develop, finance (either debt or equity) and/or enforce such third party patents (collectively, "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Licensing Activities</font>") as well as (i) all legal claims related to intellectual property acquired with respect to Licensing Activities and (ii) all securities (debt or equity) acquired with respect to Licensing Activities (the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Securities</font>"); provided, however, in order for Executive to receive Incentive Compensation with respect to Securities, the Company shall have recovered its acquisition cost ("<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Acquisition Cost</font>") with respect to the particular transaction from which the Licensing Activities arose (all of the foregoing, collectively, the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Additional Patents</font>").&#160; All such incentive compensation payable to Executive pursuant to </div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a id="_DV_M11" name="_DV_M11"><!--Anchor--></a>The Company hereby grants to the Participant an award of Restricted Stock Units ("<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RSUs</font>") consisting of 750,000<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">&#160;</font>RSUs.&#160; Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock, $.01 par value, of the Company (individually a "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Share</font>" and collectively, the "<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Shares</font>")<a id="_DV_C5" name="_DV_C5"><!--Anchor--></a>, to the extent provided herein<a id="_DV_M12" name="_DV_M12"><!--Anchor--></a>. The Company will record on its books the grant of the RSUs to the Participant and will issue Shares upon vesting of the RSUs as provided herein. This award of RSUs is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. Participant acknowledges prior receipt of the Plan.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: normal">(a)</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; WIDTH: 36pt; DISPLAY: inline-block">&#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><a id="_DV_M29" name="_DV_M29"><!--Anchor--></a><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">Termination for Cause or Without Good Reason by Participant</font><a id="_DV_C17" name="_DV_C17"><!--Anchor--></a><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">; Failure to Satisfy Condition</font><a id="_DV_M30" name="_DV_M30"><!--Anchor--></a><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-STYLE: italic">s</font>.&#160; If, prior to the vesting of the RSUs, Participant's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause as defined in Section 9(a) of the Employment Agreement, or a Termination by Participant other than for Good Reason (as defined in Section 10 of the Employment Agreement), the right to receive unvested RSUs shall terminate immediately upon the effective date of such termination of employment<a id="_DV_C19" name="_DV_C19"><!--Anchor--></a> and such RSUs shall be forfeited without further consideration therefor.&#160; In addition, except to the extent provided below in connection with a termination by the Company other than for Cause, by the Participant for Good Reason or on a Change in Control, in the event that the Employment Condition or applicable Closing Price condition is not achieved with respect to any applicable RSUs as described in Section 2 above, those unvested RSUs for which such conditions are not achieved shall be forfeited and terminate immediately upon the last day of the Employment Term without further consideration therefor.<a id="_DV_M31" name="_DV_M31"><!--Anchor--></a></font></div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><a id="_DV_M51" name="_DV_M51"><!--Anchor--></a>(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; If the Company effects a stock dividend of its common stock or a split of its common stock, the number of Shares that may be delivered upon the vesting of the RSUs shall be increased proportionately as deemed appropriate by the Board or the Committee and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Plan.&#160; In the event the Company declares or authorizes a reverse stock split of its common stock or combination of shares of its common stock, the number of Shares that may be delivered upon the vesting of the RSU shall be proportionately reduced or otherwise adjusted to the extent deemed appropriate by the Board or Committee and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Plan.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><a id="_DV_M53" name="_DV_M53"><!--Anchor--></a>(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; If the Company's common stock shall be changed into a different class of shares or if, because of reorganization, recapitalization, merger or consolidation it is necessary to exchange the shares for shares of another company, then the appropriate substitution or exchange shall be made in the Shares subject to this RSU.&#160; The Committee or Board may make such adjustments in the number, kind of Shares as is necessary.&#160; However, none of these changes shall give the Participant additional benefits.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">As of any date that the Company pays an ordinary cash dividend on its common stock, the Company shall credit the Participant with a dollar amount equal to (i) the per share cash dividend paid by the Company on its common stock on such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of RSUs (after giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5 hereof or Section <!--Anchor-->3(c)<!--Anchor--> of the Plan<!--Anchor-->)&#160;subject to this grant of RSUs that are outstanding immediately prior to the record date for that dividend ("Dividend Equivalent Rights").&#160; Any Dividend Equivalent Rights credited pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 6&#160;shall be subject to the same vesting, payment and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the original RSUs to which they relate. Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be paid in cash<!--Anchor--> or forfeited, as applicable, at the same time as the underlying RSUs to which they relate are settled or forfeited, as applicable<!--Anchor-->.&#160; No crediting of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be made pursuant to this Section 6 with respect to any RSUs which, immediately prior to the record date for that dividend, have either vested and settled pursuant to Section 4 hereof or terminated pursuant to Section 3 hereof.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a id="_DV_M72" name="_DV_M72"><!--Anchor--></a>Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company's obligation to issue Shares pursuant to the RSUs shall be subject to and conditioned upon the satisfaction by Participant of any applicable tax withholding obligations.&#160; The Company may require the Participant to remit an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable withholding taxes or deduct or withhold such amount from any payments otherwise owed to Participant (whether or not under this Agreement or the Plan).&#160; The Participant hereby authorizes the Company to satisfy all or part of such tax withholding obligations by deductions from cash compensation or other payments that would otherwise be owed to Participant.&#160; The Committee, acting in his sole discretion and pursuant to applicable law, may permit the Participant to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations with Shares that would otherwise be issued to the Participant upon vesting of the RSUs and/or with previously-owned Shares held by the Participant.&#160; The amount of the Participant's tax withholding obligation that is satisfied in Shares, if any, shall be based upon the Fair Market Value (as defined under the Plan) of the Shares on the date such RSUs vest.&#160; In no event may Shares be used to satisfy more than the minimum required amount of the Participant's tax withholding obligation.&#160; In the event that the Company is unable to withhold such amounts, for whatever reason, Participant hereby agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount the Company would otherwise be required to withhold under federal, state or local law.</div>

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