Huawei and Israeli smart energy company SolarEdge sign a global patent licensing agreement, ending their legal dispute

By Kate Yuan

Chinese technology giant Huawei has reached a global patent license agreement with Israeli smart energy solutions provider SolarEdge Technologies, allowing the two companies to use each other’s patented technologies based on the recognition of their innovation capabilities, Huawei announced on May 20.  

The agreement includes a cross license that covers patents relating to both companies’ products, and other rights arrangements.

In addition, the agreement will facilitate the settlement of patent litigation between the two parties, who will end their lawsuits pending in Germany and China. 

The specific terms of the patent license agreement are not revealed. 

The Israel-based SolarEdge Technologies is a global leading photovoltaic inverter manufacturer founded in 2006. In 2018, the company accused Huawei and German distributor Wattkraft of infringing three of its patents involving solar inverter and optimizer technology.

In October 2021, the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office rejected SolarEdge's appeal against the patent revocation procedure EP 29 30 839 B1, stating that the multilevel inverter patent is outdated.