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US Patent & Trademark Office Rejects Attempts by Canadian Solar, JinkoSolar, and Mundra Solar to Challenge Validity of First Solar TOPCon Patents

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Inter Partes Review applications denied as First Solar lawsuits continue to progress. First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) (“First Solar”) today announced that the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied three separate Inter Partes Review (IPR) applications seeking to invalidate the company’s Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (“TOPCon”) … [continued]

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Learning from Data: Volkswagen Group Launches Europe-Wide Initiative for Greater Road Safety

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Volkswagen Group brands aim to further optimize driver assistance systems using sensor and image data from customer vehicles and real traffic situations Positive contribution to overall road safety is expected Customer consent is a fundamental prerequisite Planned rollout across around 40 European countries starting January 2026 The Volkswagen Group is … [continued]

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Pressurized Steel, Missing Demand: Germany’s Hydrogen Backbone In Energy Flows

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The German hydrogen backbone without customers or suppliers—a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere—is real steel in the ground, pressurized and defended as inevitable, yet it is being built for an energy system that does not need it. That claim sounds provocative until the energy flows are laid out in full. … [continued]

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Losing Loser Loses Another Offshore Wind Fight, Again

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Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the saying goes, and US President Donald Trump is desperate to avoid losing. But, losing he is. Take his ferocious, no-holds-barred attack on the thousands of workers employed by the US offshore wind industry. While successfully obliterating many wind jobs during the course … [continued]

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