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No, the guy tried to resolve the legal dispute with lawyers and has been quoted multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.

I haven't dealt with anything like this, so maybe this is naive, but wouldn't you also sue for legal fees as apart of the damages?

Where do you get the money from while the lawsuit is ongoing?

yeah, I guess you would need a lawyer willing to work on spec. This just seems like a winnable case but IANAL.