Flex’s Nextracker, Eyeing IPO, Sues Solar Rival Over New Patents

Flex’s Nextracker unit, which in April said it was looking to go public, accused closely held Nevados’s All Terrain Tracker system of infringing two patents issued this year for technology that improves power production and stability of solar panels on rugged terrain.

• Nextracker is seeking unspecified damages and a court order blocking further unauthorized use of inventions, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware
• Solar trackers adjust positioning of solar panels or photovoltaic modules to increase their efficiency
• Nextracker “quickly garnered the largest market share in the tracker industry,” complaint says, and its technology ...