Solaria brings its license claims against Canadian Solar to ITC, adding a 3rd license

• Californian solar module supplier Solaria Corporation has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to release an exemption order to prevent the sale in the United States of Canadian Solar shingled solar modules it declares infringe its patents.

Fremont, California-based module manufacturer Solaria has implicated Canadian Solar of infringing 3 of its shingled cell-related licenses after it claimed it gave its rival understandings right into its HDM shingling innovation ahead of a suggested licensing deal which never ever happened.

Solaria on March 31 lodged a patent infringement case against Canadian Solar pertaining to U.S. patent number 10,522,707, which worries the procedure of dividing photovoltaic strips from solar cells for use in shingled modules. That insurance claim was lodged in the U.S. District Court for the northern area of California, and looked for problems. The insurance claim was changed by Solaria on June 3 to add a second license-- number 10,651,333-- which pertaining to the very same technological procedure.

On Tuesday, Solaria took its complaint to the ITC, including a 3rd license-- 10,763,388-- which worries modern technology in shingled modules that have a plurality of strings formed by overlapping PV strips. Solaria is asking the ITC for an exemption order to stop the sale in the U.S. of Canadian Solar items it says infringe its patents.

A news release issued by Solaria on Wednesday specified the business anticipated the ITC to open up an examination right into the matter within 30 days.

Solaria stated it provided Canadian Solar information concerning its shingling procedure in 2014, ahead of a recommended licensing bargain between both companies, with a non-disclosure contract checked in June 2015. The U.S. firm claimed Canadian Solar ignored the bargain and shortly afterwards started marketing its HiDM shingled modules.

Documentation submitted in the changed patent infringement insurance claim lodged in the northern California district court stated: "Solaria introduced [its patented] HDM shingling [modern technology] to Canadian Solar in 2014 when agents of Canadian Solar reviewed Solaria's shingling technology for a potential licensing offer. Prior to that time, Canadian Solar had only manufactured standard solar modules as well as had no expertise of, or experience in, shingled module technology ... Following partnerships between both firms, consisting of several presentations by Solaria concerning its proprietary technology as well as business approaches, and an excursion of Solaria's R&D center in Fremont, Canadian Solar professed not to have an interest in pursuing the technology and no more conversations occurred."

The paper lodged with the court proceeded: "Solaria is informed and thinks, and on that basis alleges, that in contrast to Canadian Solar's sign to Solaria, it did have an interest in pursuing the modern technology; it just had no interest in paying Solaria for it."

While Canadian Solar has not provided a statement reacting to the newest cases, in April it stated it "believes that the cases in Solaria's grievance are meritless and unproven. Canadian Solar is functioning carefully with its lawful counsel and will intensely prevent the insurance claims made by Solaria."