Photo voltaic panel meeting at Maxeon’s facility in Mexico.
Maxeon Photo voltaic Applied sciences introduced on April 19 that it has initiated a patent infringement lawsuit within the Jap District of Texas in opposition to REC Photo voltaic Holdings and Hanwha, alleging infringement of Maxeon patents referring to TOPCon (tunnel oxide passivated contact) photo voltaic cell expertise.
After shopping for Solaria’s shingled-cell expertise patents final yr, Maxeon now holds over 1,650 granted patents and over 330 pending patent functions associated to interdigitated again contact (IBC), shingled hypercell and TOPCon photo voltaic expertise. The corporate introduced final yr that it was investigating a number of corporations for infringement of Maxeon’s patents. Maxeon additionally initiated a patent infringement lawsuit in opposition to Canadian Photo voltaic in March 2024.
“Mental property infringement sits alongside injurious dumping and subsidy-driven extra international manufacturing capability as an unfair commerce follow that distorts markets and tilts what ought to be a degree enjoying area for international photo voltaic manufacturing,” stated Marc Robinson, Maxeon’s Affiliate Normal Counsel. “Maxeon strongly helps truthful competitors and can proceed to vigorously implement the corporate’s patent rights in the US and its different markets.”
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