Originally Posted by icomeanon

probably not. the money that they would get through Google/HTC using their IP wouldnt compare to knocking Google/HTC down a few pegs and putting a serious kink in their plans to compete with the iPhone. Of course, if the patent that actually sticks is trivial, such as the gesture to unlock thing, Google would probably just say 'screw it' and put in a standard keypad - type in a number code to unlock instead of the pattern currently on there. try to sue them on THAT, you have to sue practically every phone company and security company in existence. that's not really a kink, just a vague annoyance.