FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   YA Global Investments 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/11/2010 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC [NEOM] (Last) (First) (Middle) 101 HUDSON STREET, SUITE 3700 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant	  (1)	07/29/2013	Common Stock	125,000,000	$ 0.01	D (1) (2) (3)	Â
Warrant	  (1)	01/05/2017	Common Stock	225,000,000	$ 0.01	D (2) (3) (4)	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
YA Global Investments 101 HUDSON STREET SUITE 3700 JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302	Â	  X	Â	Â
YORKVILLE ADVISORS LLC 101 HUDSON STREET SUITE 3700 JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302	Â	  X	Â	Â
ANGELO MARK 101 HUDSON STREET SUITE 3700 JERSEY CITY, NJ 07302	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Steven S. Goldstein By: Yorkville Advisors, LLC By: Steven S. Goldstein Its: Investment Manager		01/12/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Steven S. Goldstein By: Yorkville Advisors, LLC By: Steven S. Goldstein Its: Investment Manager		01/12/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Mark Angelo		01/12/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These derivative securities are presently exercisable, however each of the identified derivative securities has a cap, which prevents the holder of each derivative security from converting and/or exercising it if such conversion and/or exercise would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such holder and its affiliates to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such conversion and/or exercise of the derivative security.
(2)	As the Investment Manager of YA Global, Yorkville Advisors, LLC ("Yorkville") may be deemed to beneficially own the warrant beneficially owned by YA Global. As the president of Yorkville, the investment manager to YA Global, and as the portfolio manager to YA Global, Mark Angelo ("Angelo") may be deemed to beneficially own the put option right beneficially owned by YA Global.
(3)	Except for the 36,331,729 shares of Common Stock and the Derivative Securities beneficially owned by YA Global, the other Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest, and its report shall not be deemed to be an admission that any Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these securities for the purpose of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(4)	These derivative securities are presently exercisable, however each of the identified derivative securities has a cap, which prevents the holder of each derivative security from converting and/or exercising it if such conversion and/or exercise would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such holder and its affiliates to exceed 9.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such conversion and/or exercise of the derivative security.
  Remarks: This report is filed jointly by YA Global Investments, L.P., Yorkville Advisors, LLC and Mark Angelo.

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