Ampt Brings Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against SolarEdge

July 29, 2022. By News Bureau

Ampt LLC filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., requesting that the ITC ban the import of SolarEdge power systems and components that infringe Ampt’s patents.

Ampt simultaneously filed a similar patent infringement action against SolarEdge in the U.S. District Court in Delaware that seeks a finding of patent infringement, substantial monetary damages and an injunction.

Colorado-based Ampt invented power optimizers that are used in large solar plants to lower the cost of energy production and improve performance in new systems; upgrade existing systems; enable low-cost solar energy storage systems; and improve operations and maintenance.

Ampt asserts that SolarEdge’s solar power systems unlawfully use Ampt’s optimizer technology and infringe one or more claims from eight of Ampt’s U.S. patents.

These patents describe improved ways of converting electrical power from a solar energy source to make it available for use in a variety of applications.

“Ampt’s power optimizer technology is essential to the clean energy revolution and plays a fundamental role in lowering the costs of large-scale solar energy production,” said Levent Gun, Ampt’s Chief Executive Officer. “SolarEdge has sought to improve its own position in the PV market by unlawfully using our proprietary technology without asking our permission or compensating us. By bringing these actions to defend our intellectual property, we are standing up for our employees, customers and partners, as well as the principles of fair competition and rewarding innovation that are critical to the solar energy market as a whole.”

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