USPTO Denies IPR Challenges to First Solar’s TOPCon Patents, Advancing Infringement Litigation
Inter Partes Review petitions filed by JinkoSolar, Mundra Solar, and Canadian Solar rejected, enabling First Solar to pursue patent infringement claims in Delaware federal court
The US Patent and Trademark Office director has refused to institute review of three Inter Partes Review petitions targeting First Solar’s patents on TOPCon solar cell manufacturing methods. The denied petitions, submitted by JinkoSolar, Mundra Solar, and Canadian Solar, relate to US patents acquired by First Solar th…