Korea's OCI Unit Hit With Patent Suit Over Solar Energy Tech - Bloomberg Law
Korea’s OCI Unit Hit With Patent Suit Over Solar Energy Tech
A German testing and production company accused the Texas unit of OCI Holdings Ltd. of patent infringment in its adoption of solar energy machinery.
Texas-based Misson Solar Energy LLC imported three photovoltaic cell soldering stringer machines, incorporating similar methods as US Patent No. 8,247,681, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Plaintiff Teamtechnik Maschinen Uno Anlagen GMBH said it saw one of the machines in Mission’s San Antonio facility featured in a video posted on LinkedIn.
- The ‘681 patent concerns a “solar cell connecting apparatus for manufacturing solar cell ...
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