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					</table><p><a href="https://maxeon.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maxeon Solar Technologies</a>, a Singapore-based solar solutions provider, has filed infringement claims against <a href="https://www.canadiansolar.com/aboutus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Solar</a>, <a href="https://www.recgroup.com/en/rec-solar-panels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REC Solar</a>, and <a href="https://www.hanwha.com/en.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hanwha</a> for violating three patents relating to the TOPCon (tunnel oxide passivated contact) technology it holds.</p>
<p>It has alleged that the three companies were manufacturing, importing, and selling N-type solar panels using TOPCon cells.</p>
<p>In lawsuits filed in the federal district court in Texas, Maxeon has sought damages from the three companies and injunctions to stop making or selling N-type panels using TOPCon cells.</p>
<p>&#8220;Intellectual property infringement sits alongside injurious dumping and subsidy-driven excess global production capacity as an unfair trade practice that distorts markets and tilts what should be a level playing field for global solar manufacturing,&#8221; said Marc Robinson, Maxeon&#8217;s Associate General Counsel.</p>
<p>According to Norton Rose Fulbright, lawsuits are not expected to affect the solar projects that use or have received the panels. &#8220;However, the lawsuits could create near-term market turmoil by making it more expensive for panel manufacturers to supply n-type panels with TOPCon cells and drive up prices for such panels. Aggrieved patent holders sometimes also ask the International Trade Commission to block imports of infringing products.&#8221;</p>
<p>Maxeon has a global portfolio of over 1,650 granted patents and over 330 pending patent applications protecting the innovations underpinning its IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact), Shingled Hypercell, and TOPCon technologies.</p>
<p>In India, solar module manufacturers have been <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/topcon-module-trumps-hjt-indian-solar-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaning</a> towards the latest TOPCon module technology over its other mainstream rival, HJT (Heterojunction).</p>
<p>Last August, Maxeon Solar announced that a 3 GW TOPCon photovoltaic-silicon cell and shingled-cell performance line solar module manufacturing facility would be <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/maxeon-3-gw-topcon-cell-panel-manufacturing-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The facility was expected to serve the utility-scale power project sector and the distributed generation rooftop solar applications.</p>


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