I agree with Jed that Rossi is as deceitful, opaque, and shrewd and the day is long. I remember what he was saying on his blog which showed absolutely nothing about what was going on in his head during the final stages of the test. The mental powers that he controls are prodigious having to plan out his upcoming conflict with IH, his efforts in keeping his plant up and running during the test, and thinking about the next generation Quark technology. Anti-Intellectualism is well founded in that you are not well served to trust a smart person. In a dumb person, you can see uncontrolled and honest emotions and reactions but you can't see what a smart person like Rossi is thinking and the plans he is making because his mind controls his outward persona so well.
But one thing is for sure, when Rossi saw his IP being revealed by IH, it drove him crazy. That patent from IH set Rossi on course to decouple from IH.
Rossi showed IH how to produce a functioning E-Cat but such a thing is not learned in one go. Like playing a musical instrument it takes a lot of hands on practice needed through many repetitions to get things down just right.
After the IP reveal by IH, Rossi had it in his head to get away from IH. When IH requested a refresher course in reactor building since their Reactors just would not work, Rossi became too busy to be bothered to go through a refresher course. He had just too much do do inside those shipping containers.
In the face of Rossi lack of cooperation, now IH had their own fears, concerns, and needs to impose their will onto Rossi. No more IP training means no more money. And so that is how this worm is turning.