Texas Solar Facility Hit With Patent Suit Over Solar Trackers (1)

June 17, 2026, 7:53 PM UTCUpdated: June 18, 2026, 5:54 PM UTC

A Texas solar facility was accused in a new lawsuit of selling solar energy that uses technology that infringes on a North Carolina businessman’s patent for solar trackers.

Rovshan Sade said in a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas that he informed East Pecos Solar LLC of the infringement in December 2021, but got no response.

Yet the facility has continued to willfully infringe on his patents—US Patent Nos. 9,057,546 and 9,917,546—for an “innovative single-axis solar tracker” that optimizes solar panel energy production.

East Pecos Solar wouldn’t be able to provide ...

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