A subsidiary of U.S. solar developer SunPower yesterday filed a lawsuit against rooftop solar firm SolarCity in which it alleges that the Elon Musk-controlled company misappropriated trade secrets concerning shingled solar-cell technology. In the case Cogenra Solar Inc. v. SolarCity Corp., filed at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in san Francisco, Cogenra - which is owned by SunPower - accuses SolarCity of intellectual property (IP) theft whereby the firm gained insider knowledge of Cogenra's Shingling technology. According to Reuters, the filing states that SolarCity was able to gain a competitive advantage and head-start in developing shingled-cell modules that were both high in efficiency and commercially viable. Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm that owned an 80% stake in ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...