Nextracker settles tracker patent infringement lawsuit News Email Technology company Nextracker and Northern States Metals Company have settled a patent infringement lawsuit concerning the latter’s solar energy business, Solar FlexRack. As part of the settlement, Solar FlexRack must pay Nextracker royalties on qualifying sales revenue of Solar FlexRack’s patent infringing TDP-2.0 solar tracker and some products, services and components. Nextracker, which recently agreed to supply trackers for Australia’s largest solar farm, filed a suit against the company in federal ...