Marathon Patent Group to Participate in the 29th A

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 22, 2017) - Marathon Patent Group, Inc. ( NASDAQ : MARA ) ("Marathon" or "Company"), an IP licensing and commercialization company, announced today that management is scheduled to participate in the 29th Annual ROTH Conference on March 15, 2017.

Event: 29th Annual ROTH Conference

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Location: The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel - Dana Point, Calif.

Presentation Time: 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

A webcast of the conference presentation will be available in the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.marathonpg.com .

About Marathon Patent Group, Inc. Marathon is an IP licensing and commercialization company. The Company acquires and manages IP rights from a variety of sources, including large and small corporations, universities and other IP owners. Marathon has a global focus on IP acquisition and management. The Company's commercialization division is focused on the full commercialization lifecycle which includes discovering opportunities, performing due diligence, providing capital, managing development, protecting and developing IP, assisting in execution of the business plan, and realizing shareholder value.

Forward-Looking Statements Statements made in this press release include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding, but not limited to, the amount and use of proceeds the Company expects to receive from the sale of the shares of common stock in the registered direct offering and the closing of the transactions. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "plan," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.