"Attack" Longji and "Fight Back" First Solar! The latest development of JinkoSolar patent war!

2025-07-29 18:32:27

Since the end of 2024, JinkoSolar has been like an "attacking giant", waving the "spear" of patents from Asia to Australia and then to the Americas.

Since the end of 2024, JinkoSolar has been like an "attacking giant", waving the "spear" of patents from Asia to Australia and then to the Americas.

Now, JinkoSolar has gone to Europe .

Digital New Energy DataBM.

According to the court website information case, the above lawsuit was initiated by Xinyuan Yuedong on June 20, involving the patent EP3297043B1.

Digital New Energy DataBM. This patent is applicable to Europe, the United States, China and other regions.

EP4372829 .

According to Digital New Energy DataBM,

when launching a patent war against Longji Green Energy, JinkoSolar's VS UN Solar USA to Japan in the US market, Inc., Toyo Co., Ltd. and India 's Waaree Energies Limited and Waaree Solar Americas Inc.

, according to Digital New Energy DataBM. The intensity of JinkoSolar's offensive.

In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, JinkoSolar said more than once in public: " We support resolutely cracking down on the practice of'use it without greeting '.". "It encourages the realization of win-win situation in the industry through patent authorization and paid use .".

Faced with the "encirclement, pursuit and interception" of Jingke Energy, the defendant is also dealing with the counterattack.

For example, Longji Green Energy made counterclaims in the United States, China, Europe and other places, suing JinkoSolar for infringement; India "Defense"

While JinkoSolar wields the sword of patents, it is also actively responding to the patent war launched by its peers.

According to industry media reports, on July 18, JinkoSolar submitted to the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to initiate IPR proceedings (multi-party review proceedings, similar to patent invalidation proceedings) against First Solar's US913074B2 patent. The IPR case number is 202501130.

Earlier, on February 25, local time, First Solar announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Jingke Energy and its affiliates in the Delaware District Court. JinkoSolar was accused of infringing its TOPCon technology patent , No

. The TOPCon patent was acquired by First Solar from Tetrasun in 2013.

According to the announcement at that time, This patent pool includes granted patents in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Arabia, and Vietnam, extending to 2030 and beyond, as well as pending patent applications in the European Union, Japan, Hong Kong, Arabia, and Vietnam.

It is reported that JinkoSolar has made adequate preparations for applying for the IPR procedure of the above-mentioned patent of First Solar, using 27 documents to discuss the reasons why the patent should be revoked from the dimensions of direct evidence and expert testimony.

In addition to JinkoSolar, in May this year, First Solar also applied the same patent to another Chinese

Postscript

for photovoltaic patent war, digital new energy DataBM.

In the current industry environment, patent war is undoubtedly the most useful sword. The frequent patent wars in the past two years are the best proof. This is also a constant warning that if photovoltaic enterprises want to remain invincible in the technological wave of the industry, they must continue to cultivate technological innovation, strengthen patent layout and management, enhance the ability of intellectual property operation, and build their own technological moat.

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