Maybe
but ZTE wants to sell in the USA for obvious reasons and the Chinese government wants ZTE to sell in the USA for obvious reasons.
If ZTE doesn't settle or has a judgment and doesn't pay, then ZTE can kiss the USA market goodbye.
Plus, they will still have to battle V in other parts of the world. ZTE loses in Europe and India and those markets close up, then ZTE can kiss their wireless marketshare goodbye.
As a follow on, as soon as ZTE settles, the rest would be smart to license for the same terms too (Huawei).
ZTE estimates $871 million, Huawei another couple 100 million, Google 30 or 300 million.