Tigo Energy Inc. v. SunSpec Alliance
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 TIGO ENERGY INC., Case No. 23-cv-00762-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART MOTION TO
DISMISS
SUNSPEC ALLIANCE, Re: Dkt. No. 19 Defendant.
13 Defendant SunSpec Alliance (“SunSpec”) moves to dismiss this case brought by plaintiff Tigo Energy Inc. (“Tigo”), which alleges what appears to be a novel theory: that SunSpec infringed on one of its patents when it set an industry standard for a “rapid shutdown system” (“RSS”) for solar panels. The motion is DENIED in part and GRANTED in part, with leave to amend. Tigo has plausibly alleged that SunSpec infringed on the asserted claims, literally and under the doctrine of equivalents, by directing its affiliated laboratories to test third party products in accordance with its specification. By testing those products, the labs plausibly “use” or “make” the claimed systems, and by allegedly doing so under SunSpec’s direction and control, it is plausible that …