Maxeon Photo voltaic Applied sciences has initiated a patent infringement lawsuit within the Jap District of Texas in opposition to Canadian Photo voltaic, alleging infringement of its patents regarding its Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) photo voltaic cell know-how.
The corporate says the improvements behind the applied sciences are protected by a world patent portfolio.
“Maxeon has a robust heritage in growing photo voltaic cell know-how, main the event and commercialization of tunnel oxide passivated contacts,” says Marc Robinson, affiliate basic counsel at Maxeon.
“Years earlier than the moniker ‘TOPCon’ began for use within the business to explain a tunnel oxide passivated contact-based photo voltaic cell, our scientists and engineers had developed a number of methods to implement TOPCon know-how into each again contact and entrance contact photo voltaic cells. Maxeon has many patents associated to TOPCon know-how, with innovations drawn to elementary TOPCon photo voltaic cell architectures courting again to the 2000s. That is Maxeon’s first motion to implement its priceless patent rights in the USA, and Maxeon will proceed to vigorously implement its patent rights in the USA and its different markets.”
