Tigo Energy, Inc., a provider of solar and energy storage solutions, has filed a lawsuit against the SunSpec Alliance in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Technical considerations for enforcing intellectual property claims over battery technologies. Since Exponent''s 2021 article on the increasingly competitive intellectual property landscape for solid-state batteries, demand for new energy storage technologies has shown no sign of slowing down.. Although supply chain and natural resource limitations pose challenges,
Energy storage systems (ESSs) for residential, commercial and utility solar installations enable inverters to store energy harvested during the day or pull power from the grid when demand is lowest, delivering this stored energy when demand is high. Adding ESS to a solar grid-tie system enables users to reduce costs by a practice known as
The EU Intellectual Property Office (EU IPO) recently examined trends in "green" trade mark filings in its "Green EUTM Study", which was released in September 2021, and found that 9.7% of green filings concerned energy production and were dominated by terms relating to solar energy such as "photovoltaic", "solar collector" or "solar battery". As a general
Our IP litigation practice consistently ranks among the best in Chambers USA, Legal 500 US and other leading legal publications. Chambers USA . Texas Intellectual Property; Washington Intellectual Property; US News – Best Lawyers Best Law Firms . Houston Patent Litigation; Seattle Intellectual Property Litigation
On 15 April 2021, the Polish Parliament in the Lower Chamber (Sejm) adopted a draft amendment to the Energy Law Act (“Draft”). The new provisions introduce comprehensive solutions for the development of energy storage facilities in Poland and are aimed at eliminating certain barriers to the expansion of this technology in Poland. Currently, the total installed capacity of Polish
However, besides these widely-reported cases, litigation in the battery sector has been few and far between – more recently there appears to be a trend to more
led to rapid advances in the ubiquity of electric vehicles (EVs) and opened up new possibilities for energy solutions that will help reduce dependence on fossil fuels. With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (IP)
To safeguard innovations and foster fair competition, the battery giant plans to lead the creation of a global patent pool to protect intellectual property and ensure market fairness. LG Energy Solution announced robust
The EU Intellectual Property Office (EU IPO) recently examined trends in "green" trade mark filings in its "Green EUTM Study", which was released in September 2021,
On October 28, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and the Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") published final regulations (the "final regulations") regarding the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit under section 45X (the "45X Credit") of the Internal Revenue Code.The 45X Credit, established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,
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
Battery energy storage systems (BESS), when co-located with a solar or wind farm, provide a more reliable generation source by charging during periods of high irradiance or high wind and discharging to meet demand during periods of low irradiance or low wind.Given this, we are seeing an increasing number of new solar and wind projects incorporate a BESS
World Intellectual Property Organization, “World Patent Report A Statistical Review,” p. 44 (2008). “The U.S. Commerce Department''s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will pilot a program
November 14, 2024 — Tigo Energy, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy software solutions, today announced a significant legal victory in defense of its core intellectual property. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected SMA Solar Technology AG''s challenge to Tigo U.S. Patent No. 9,584,021, which covers an innovative power-supply
CAMPBELL, Calif, February 21, 2023 — Tigo Energy, Inc. ("Tigo," or the "Company"), a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy storage solutions, today announced that it has filed a
increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (IP) filings and litigation. Research and development in the battery industry have led to a notable increase in patent
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and KWM Institute jointly released the Collection of KWM Intellectual Property Litigation Cases(Chinese). China can innovate in areas like energy storage, smart grids and carbon capture technologies. 11 December 2024. EXPLORE LATEST THINKING. EXPERTISE. INSIGHTS. OUR PEOPLE. LOCATIONS. MEDIA CENTRE.
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Module-level power electronics supplier Tigo Energy has filed an intellectual property (IP) infringement lawsuit in the US against inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology America.
As the solar industry transitions from Mono PERC to TOPCon technology and countries emphasize domestic manufacturing, we have seen a surge in intellectual property disputes related to TOPCon solar technology in recent months, particularly in
On May 12, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released long-awaited guidance on the domestic content bonus credit under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). Specifically, the IRS released Notice 2023-38 regarding the domestic content bonus credit that is applicable to Sections 45, 45Y, 48, and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
The creation, protection and exploitation of intellectual property provides fundamental support for renewables businesses'' objectives at each stage of the cycle: managing reputation and brand alongside deployment of technology, from energy generation to storage, distribution and ultimately use by the consumer.
SOLARWATT Inverter vision. International priority date claimed: 25 July 2024 (European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)) (019059595) Class 9 Single and multiple-phase converters, electric; photovoltaicinverters, photovoltaic inverters with integrated energy storage; accumulators, electric. SOLARWATT GmbH.
Energy companies are under increasing pressure to meet growing global energy demands and simultaneously accelerate global decarbonization efforts. This energy transition to renewable energy and less carbon intensive processes requires colossal investments in time and money to transform existing technologies into emerging technology solutions.
A Typical Solar Inverter System With an Energy Storage System In the best-case scenario, this type of system has highly efficient power management components for AC/DC PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. These resources are intended for skilled developers designing with TI products. You are solely responsible for (1) selecting the appropriate
solar inverter system with energy storage so that the same inverter can invert DC power from either the solar photovoltaic (PV) panels or the charged battery. In fact, this is one way solar PV manufacturers are using energy storage to grow their business and stay ahead of the market. Energy storage solutions are inevitable, and hybrid
At its October Open Meeting, FERC accepted ISO-NE''s proposal to permit energy storage resources to operate as transmission resources, issued a final rule mandating the adoption of reliability standards for Inverter-Based Resources, considered FERC Order No. 881 compliance filings, and took several other actions of note to generation developers and
Energy Storage Energy Efficiency New Energy Vehicles Energy Economy Climate Change Biomass Energy Mining and trade secrets are an important intellectual property right in the battery sector, with companies such as Tesla heavily relying on trade secrets. trade secrets, suppliers, and litigation also bear consideration, as illustrated by
Trina Solar, which owns over 2,000 patents including core TOPCon technology patents, initiated legal action to protect its innovations and intellectual property. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of Delaware against Runergy USA/Runergy Alabama, alleging the unauthorized use of Trina''s patented TOPCon manufacturing process in China and
The solar industry is territorial. Governments are paying close attention to the country of origin of nearly every component, and manufacturers are keeping close watch on
“This complaint seeks to block SolarEdge from continuing to profit wrongfully from Ampt''s patented inventions. We look forward to demonstrating to the ITC and the District Court that SolarEdge is violating our
The company also revealed that in May 2019 it had officially submitted three patent litigation files against Solaredge to the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court in China,
In this white paper, Fish attorneys Dan Tishman, Ralph Phillips, and HJ In discuss IP issues in the battery and energy storage industry, including an overview of the technology involved, market trends, current government
The company also revealed that in May 2019 it had officially submitted three patent litigation files against Solaredge to the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court in China, alleging that Solaredge violated Huawei's patents for inverter voltage adjustment and optimizer control solutions.
In the U.S. District Court action, Ampt asserts that SolarEdge infringes one or more claims from the aforementioned U.S. Patents, as well as from U.S. Patents Nos. 7,605,498, 7,719,140, 10,608,437, 10,886,746, 11,070,062 and 11,070,063. Ampt is represented by Scott Bornstein, Nick Brown, Vivian Kuo and Cyrus Frelinghuysen of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Protection of IP through patents and trade secrets is an important consideration in the battery industry, where market participants are constantly striving to improve battery performance and methods of manufacture. But patent holders must also beware of challenges from competitors and demands for interoperability from consumers.
Battery and EV companies should focus on patent strategy beyond prosecution and enforcement. Companies should align their patent strategy with their overall business plan to ensure that a patent portfolio realizes its full economic potential and generates revenue for the company by protecting investments.
For example, battery-related patent filings are gaining speed, as are litigations involving battery patents. This growth is expected to continue in the coming years, and companies should be prepared to protect their own IP as well as defend themselves against IP enforcement actions from rivals and nonpracticing entities.
At their core, batteries are energy-storage devices, including a positive electrode (a cathode), a negative electrode (an anode), an electrolyte, and a separator—all of which are covered by patents, trade secrets, and other forms of intellectual property.
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