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On August 25, 2026, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Hamburg found HMD Global unwilling after it rejected a pool route for bilateral licensing. This decision followed Fraunhofer's two parallel actions against HMD Global before the Hamburg Local Division, concerning a standard-essential patent (SEP) related to Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) implemented in smartphones and tablets using Android 9 or later. Previously, on August 24, 2026, Dr. Uli Würfel, head of the Organic and Perovskite Photovoltaics Department at Fraunhofer ISE, highlighted the challenges in scaling transparent PV modules to larger areas, noting that manufacturing processes for industrial production often cannot replicate good laboratory results from smaller solar cells. Earlier, on August 20, 2026, Fraunhofer AVIATION & SPACE announced it would host the DLRK2026: Next Level Aerospace Forum, which will consolidate the competencies of 37 Fraunhofer Institutes to develop technologies for the aerospace sector.
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