I saw that already, and it would be a horrible thing for fan films if they drop the lawsuit, and it reeks of desperate PR for the new movie.
Axanar has spat in the face of CBS/Paramount, and is profiting directly off their IP, and is spoiling it for everyone else and giving fan films a bad reputation. CBS/Paramount have been extremely generous allowing crowd funding for fan films at all, and Axanar has not only abused that, but openly mocked and taunted CBS and bitten the hand that feeds them. They have clearly crossed all lines, and it has already been responsible for shutting down the sequel to Horizon (which was a very good fan film), and it seriously hurt the most recent crowdfunding for Star Trek Continues. Fuck them.