Well, some of the patents are hardware, and you still need to sell your device in countries that will recognize these patents to make it worth making. Sure, bu

Well, some of the patents are hardware, and you still need to sell your device in countries that will recognize these patents to make it worth making. Sure, but as long as someone is selling the hardware (perhaps even licensing the appropriate patents) the hacker/end-user would still be able to compile and load software to make it all work. I expect a settlement too, if only because I can't imagine that HTC has enough money to invalidate all of the patents/show that they don't infringe on them.