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A major unbudgeted expense is developing as both companies bleed in a patent war.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/zep-solar-strengthened-by-us-patent-office-action-against-westinghouse-solar-2012-03-14?reflink=MW_news_stmp

"SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Mar 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Zep Solar, Inc. (Zep Solar), creator of the world's first module-integrated PV installation platform, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has sided with the company by issuing an Action Closing Prosecution, reaffirming the USPTO's prior rejections of every claim in Westinghouse Solar's patent #7,987,641 (the '641 patent). Westinghouse had alleged in a complaint to the International Trade Commission (ITC) that Zep Solar was infringing its '641 patent. However, the USPTO has now reaffirmed that all of Westinghouse's '641 patent claims are invalid. "