Qualcomm makes a non-trivial amount of its revenue from licensing its patent suite in toto to companies participating in this space. So when a player wants/nee

Qualcomm makes a non-trivial amount of its revenue from licensing its patent suite in toto to companies participating in this space. So when a player wants/needs some of it, they have to pay for all of it. And Qualcomm has hundreds of IP and patent lawyers employed full-time (not from an external firm, but as FTE's) to enforce same. Not to mention the continued investment they do in R&D required to grow their patent portfolio. So while Intel and Samsung are not to be taken lightly, neither should be the ferocity with which Qualcomm will defend its IP revenue stream.