SolarEdge filed its patent infringement lawsuit in the Regional Court of Mannheim in Germany, against Huawei, its German subsidiary, and the German distributor for Huawei WATTKRAFT Solar.
SolarEdge’s lawsuit asserts that Huawei made unauthorized use of patented technology and the company has filed its lawsuit in an attempt “to protect SolarEdge’s significant investment in its innovative DC optimized inverter technology” and “to prevent the defendants from selling any multi-level inverters infringing upon SolarEdge’s PV inverter technology protected in the asserted patent in Germany.
Huawei responded to SolarEdge’s complaint with a written statement to several media outlets. Amidst highlighting its business successes and its research and development work — boasting 74,307 patents granted as of the end of 2017 — Huawei added that it “has a strong record of respecting [the intellectual property rights (IPR)] of others, in addition to doing whatever is required to protect our own IPR assets.”
The company’s statement went on to specifically clarify its position regarding SolarEdge’s lawsuit:”Huawei has just been served with the complaint filed by SolarEdge, and is evaluating the claims. Huawei does not believe that it has infringed any valid patent rights of SolarEdge and, accordingly, will defend its rights vigorously.