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Avoiding IP issues

Recent disputes involving tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell technology illustrate how patent enforcement can shape manufacturing strategy, constrain technology adoption, and create downstream ripples. Solar cell technology provides a useful lens for understanding how intellectual property (IP) risk operates across the US solar industry, as Isaku Begert, an associate at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, explains.
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Isaku Begert
Intellectual property concerns mean that cell and module technology is now a supply chain variable, particularly in the United States. | Image: First Solar

Premier Energies Ltd has inaugurated a 5.6 GW solar module manufacturing facility at Seetharampur in Telangana, southern India. The facility was inaugurated by Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy. With commissioning of the new plant, Premier Energies module manufacturing capacity has reached 11.1 GW. The company said its new facility is equipped with advanced G12R …

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