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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):  May 25, 2011                                                      
 

                                                      Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc.                                                            
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware 001-15288 11-3027591
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
 

                        445 Park Avenue, Suite 1018, New York, New York 10022                              
(Address of principal executive offices)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 829-5770


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

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Item 1.01                      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
On May 25, 2011, Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a long-form settlement and license agreement (“Settlement Agreement”) with respect to settlement of its patent litigation against Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco Linksys, LLC (“Cisco”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, for infringement of Network-1’s Remote Power Patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930).  The Company had previously entered into a short form settlement agreement with Cisco in July 2010, as previously reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2010.  The Settlement Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
 
Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number                                Description
 
10.1*
Settlement and License Agreement among the Company, Corey M. Horowitz, CMH Capital Management Corp. and Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco Consumer Products, LLC.  Portions of this Exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 

 
* Attached hereto.
 

 

 
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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 SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
  
     
     
       
Dated:  June 1, 2011 
By:
/s/ Corey M. Horowitz  
    Name:   Corey M. Horowitz  
    Title:     Chairman & Chief Executive Officer   
       


 
 
 
 
 
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