[henryfjordan]

They'd probably be claiming ownership of the new company based on the fact that they own their employee's work product.

In reality they will get far enough into the case to determine whether or not they (likely) own any of the business and then settle for a tidy sum or some stock or something like that. They're probably also interested in locking up an IP the company owns (which is probably more important than the money).

Sending a message is a nice perk.