The assault likely is aimed at forcing Qualcomm to cross-license more patents and reduce the royalties that provide a third of revenue and two-thirds of profit.
To facilitate sharing of information, he believes companies should be encouraged to form "patent pools", allowing them to cross-license their technologies without losing out on royalties.
This cross-license agreement enables these two innovation leaders to operate freely and use each other's patented inventions to advance the pace of development for cameras and other imaging applications.