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Trina Solar has initiated legal action against Runergy for unauthorized use of Trina’s TOPCon<\/a> solar cell technology patents.<\/p>\n

\u201cLegal action protects the integrity of Trina’s TOPCon technology,\u201d said Steven Zhu, president of Trina Solar US. \u201cAt Trina, we embrace the power to safeguard our innovations and actively pursue those who compromise our intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trina Solar says it owns over 2,000 patents, including a significant number of core TOPCon technology patents. Trina filed its patent infringement complaint against Runergy USA\/Runergy Alabama in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Runergy has allegedly been using Trin’as patented TOPCon manufacturing process in China and Thailand for panels under the Hyperion brand name, and plans to use the technology in panels manufactured at its new factory setting up in Alabama<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take pride in our portfolio of patents and welcome conversations with U.S. partners who follow the correct process for using the patented technology,\u201d said Zhu. \u201cOur technology advancements and intellectual property, in addition to Trina\u2019s compliant supply chain, are keys to success for solar manufacturing in the U.S. Trina\u2019s 5-GW facility in Texas is coming online this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The patents under question are Nos. 9,722,104 and 10,230,009; both entitled \u201cSolar cell and method for manufacturing the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maxeon has also been protecting its intellectual property related to TOPCon manufacturing, recently filing patent infringement claims against Canadian Solar<\/a>, REC and Qcells.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trina Solar has initiated legal action against Runergy for unauthorized use of Trina’s TOPCon solar cell technology patents. \u201cLegal action protects the integrity of Trina’s TOPCon technology,\u201d said Steven Zhu, president of Trina Solar US. \u201cAt Trina, we embrace the power to safeguard our innovations and actively pursue those who compromise our intellectual property.\u201d Trina…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":104115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2650],"tags":[5595],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrina Solar initiates legal action against 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