Trina Solar files patent protection complaint with U.S. Trade Commission, Runergy asks USPTO to cancel the patents
Trina Solar filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to prevent Runergy and Adani Green Energy Ltd from importing and selling products that they believe infringe two Trina patents relating to TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) solar cell technology.
UPDATE 10/10:  Runergy has initiated actions at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel two patents by Trina Solar (US9,722,104 and US10,230,009) as unpatentable. Runergy recently commenced production of its U.S. made solar modules at a manufacturing facility in Hunstville, Ala. The facility is set to fulfill its first customer orders this October.
Trina’s complaint requests that the ITC issue a limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist orders against Runergy and Adani to bar the importation into the United States of certain solar cells, modules, panels, components thereof, and products containing the same that infringe Trina’s patents.
Trina currently has separate patent infringement suits relating to TOPCon technology pending against Runergy in the District of Delaware and the Central District of California.
Trina owns over 2000 patents, including a significant number of core TOPCon technology patents, in addition to PERC and Heterojunction (HJT) patents. The patents protect Trina’s IP rights to certain N-type TOPCon technology used in solar module production.
More information on Trina Solar’s cell and module patents can be found on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property (WIPO) websites.
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