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Eric Lane

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Consumer Watchdog Quashes Solar Greenwash Down Under

Eric Lane
August 27, 2010 19:43

  In a case of successful public enforcement against greenwashing, two solar panel retailers have amended their ads after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found their marketing statements potentially misleading and deceptive (see the Smart Company article here and the ...

Sundrop’s Solar Gasification Uses Total Concentration

Eric Lane
August 24, 2010 03:13

Sundrop Fuels (Sundrop) is a Colorado company that combines concentrated solar power (CSP) technology with biofuels production processes.  While most biomass-to-biofuels systems burn the feedstocks as the first step in biofuel production, Sundrop uses concentrated solar energy to gasify the fee...

From Preclusion to Conclusion: Paice and Toyota Settle Hybrid Vehicle Patent Suits

Eric Lane
August 19, 2010 03:50

After six years of legal wrangling in U.S. courts and the International Trade Commission (ITC) over hybrid vehicle patents, Paice and Toyota recently announced that they have settled their disputes. Although the terms of the agreement are confidential, the reports and statements of people involved ...

Green Patent Acquisitions: BP Buys Verenium’s Biofuels Business

Eric Lane
August 13, 2010 19:33

  Last month Verenium announced that BP Biofuels North America would acquire its cellulosic biofuels business for $98.3 million.   Verenium will retain its commercial enzyme business and maintain rights to its biofuels enzyme products.  In addition, it will have the right to access select biofuels t...

Kruse Asserts Diesel Engine Patents Against More Big Automakers

Eric Lane
August 10, 2010 00:26

  Kruse Technology Partnership (”Kruse”) is an Anaheim, California partnership that owns several U.S. patents relating to its higher efficiency and cleaner burning diesel engines. In previous posts (here, here and here) I discussed infringement suits in which Kruse accused DMAX, ...