A group of investment banks a and law firms  will get to add some “green tombstones” thanks to Sharp’s $305 million acquisition of San Francisco solar power developer Recurrent Energy.

By Rodger Sadler, partner and Chi Cheung, associate, at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in New York. The U.S. Supreme Court?s recent decision in Bilski v. Kappos is good news for clean energy innovators. The Bilski ruling ensures that the door to patenting business …