Smart energy provider takes on Huawei in patent infringement claim
Israel-based smart energy provider SolarEdge Technologies has announced that it has filed a patent infringement claim against electronics company Huawei.
The lawsuit was filed yesterday at The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany.
According to SolarEdge, Huawei has been infringing patents designed to protect direct current (DC) optimised inverter technology, which relates to the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
SolarEdge alleged that Huawei is selling multi-level inverters on the German market that infringe its photovoltaic (PV) inverter technology.
According to SolarEdge, the Israeli company has developed an inverter solution that has changed the way power is harvested and managed in PV systems.
SolarEdge’s DC optimised inverter was created to maximise power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced by the PV system.
CEO of SolarEdge, Guy Sella, said that the success of the PV industry is driven by innovative technology that makes PV energy more affordable.
“Such innovation requires significant financial investment and years of dedication and hard work from skilled research and development engineers,” he said.
“The PV industry cannot sustain such efforts under the constant threat of, in our view, illegal use of proprietary technology, and we will not remain silent as our IP is exploited,” he continued.
Sella added that SolarEdge’s patents are a commitment towards “worldwide PV proliferation”.
The company is seeking damages, an injunction, and a recall of all of Huawei’s allegedly infringing products in Germany.
WIPR reported in March that Huawei filed the most patent applications (2,398) at the European Patent Office in 2017.
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