lawsuits

Astronergy and JA Solar have 'reached an agreement on cross-licencing' of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) patents moving forward.

JinkoSolar and LONGi Green Energy have agreed to terminate ongoing patent lawsuits, and enter into a 'cross-licensing agreement'/

Japanese solar cell manufacturer Toyo Solar has sold 1.6GW of solar PV cells in the first half of 2025, driving revenue of around US$139 million.

Tigo Energy has filed a lawsuit against the Zhejiang Benyi New Energy Company, for allegedly infringing on a rapid shutdown technology patent.

Bernstein Liebhard has filed a lawsuit against Shoals due to “wire shrinkback,” affecting a number of its products.

Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies will lay off about 22% of its global workforce as it decided to entirely phase out its Maxeon 6 interdigitated back contact (IBC) modules as well as other operational realignment.

Power optimiser provider Ampt has filed two lawsuits against SolarEdge in the US alleging patent infringement on power optimiser technology.

Retail giant and Silicon Valley firm say they have ‘resolved the issues’ raised by the former, which had linked rooftop blazes to Tesla’s alleged 'negligence’ with PV installs.

Federal ruling censoring 2018 Elon Musk tweet and other actions comes as Tesla faces Walmart lawsuit over rooftop blazes linked by retailer to solar installs.

SolarEdge is seeking damages, an injunction and a recall of products it claims have been built using its intellectual property.