The person can run two threads in their brain, one that deals with Samsung and one that deals with the internal product.
> Now this person knows that the product he and his team is designing will compete with a yet-to-be-announced Samsung-product with a new feature.
So? You're talking about the person, which is just the host hardware. There can be multiple threads running on that hardware at the same time in containers.
> So his interest to support a licensee being successful with his product is in conflict with his interest to create a more successful competing product.
They can both be successful at the same time. He can operate with an interest to optimize for an overall better world rather than interest to win over and kill Samsung. He can build a successful product AND help Samsung build a successful product at the same time.