EX-5.1 2 ex5-1.htm

 

 

September 12, 2017

 

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Re: Marathon Patent Group, Inc., Form S-3 Registration Statement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We refer to the above-captioned registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed by Marathon Patent Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

We have examined the originals, photocopies, certified copies or other evidence of such records of the Company, certificates of officers of the Company and public officials, and other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as certified copies or photocopies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

 

Based on our examination mentioned above, we are of the opinion that the securities being sold pursuant to the Registration Statement consisting of (i) 5,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) issuable upon conversion of certain 5% convertible promissory notes issued by the Company in August 2017, in a private placement of $3,623,700 of 5% convertible promissory notes and five-year warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”), and (ii) 2,394,000 shares of Common Stock issuable in exchange for warrants to purchase 2,280,000 shares of Common Stock, pursuant to exchange agreements, dated July 16, 2017, by and among the Company and the purchasers of securities in the Company’s April 2017 offering (the “Warrant Shares”), are duly authorized and will be, when issued in the manner described in the Registration Statement, legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under “Legal Matters” in the related Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP
  Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP

 

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