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US eBOS manufacturer Shoals has been granted a successful verdict and US$96 million in damages by a court in North Carolina in its intellectual property dispute with fellow US manufacturer Voltage.

Solar PV equipment provider Nextpower has been issued a new US patent for its electrical balance of system (eBOS) offering.

South Korean PV producer Hanwha Solutions, parent company of Q Cells, has had a long-contested passivation patent revoked in Europe.

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Final Written Decision on patent litigations launched by Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has begun an investigation into tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar products in the US, following a complaint by US thin-film module manufacturer First Solar.

First Solar has signed a patent licensing agreement with UK-based perovskite solar firm Oxford PV to use its technology in the US.

Chinese solar PV manufacturer Aiko Solar will license a raft of solar cell technology patents from Singapore-based manufacturer Maxeon.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has partially ruled against solar manufacturer Maxeon in several claims against Canadian Solar.

The Chinese government has released a range of policy measures to strengthen intellectual property (IP) protections in the country’s solar PV industry.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked a patent for a key solar cell manufacturing process, which has been hailed as “good news” for European solar PV manufacturing.