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A German-Chinese fight over a Japanese patent

Patents: Solarworld has some serious issues with the Chinese PV manufacturers Solarfun and Suntech. The companies are allegedly gaining a competitive advantage by infringing on the patent rights of Japanese company Shin-Etsu. The patented process increases the efficiency of a solar cell by an average of half a percent.

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pv magazine

11 Feb 2011

No conference speaker likes to be verbally attacked on the podium. In September at the “Solar-meets-Glass” conference in Dusseldorf, Andreas Liebheit, Vice President and Managing Director EMEA for the Chinese photovoltaics manufacturer Solarfun, found himself in that very situation. His use of the four letters GaAs drew a vehement critique from Solarworld COO Boris Klebensberger. …

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