The other side of the story is equally problematic. QCOM got into hot water for engaging in a pretty abusive licensing model. Here are a couple of examples: If

The other side of the story is equally problematic. QCOM got into hot water for engaging in a pretty abusive licensing model. Here are a couple of examples: If you wanted to use one QCOM patent, you'd have to pay for a suite of patents that includes IP you have no interest in using. If you want to use a particular technology, the pricing would depend on the total price of your handset -- even if the difference in handset price has nothing to do with the Qualcomm technology. Their business is tough because they basically spend years inventing technologies and then more years licensing them and defending their IP in court. Still, if you have to draw a moral/ethical conclusion I'd suggest that (at least in part) Qualcomm brought its 2016 Apple woes upon itself.