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"Spamalot" was created more than a decade ago by Eric Idle of Britain's Monty Python comedy troupe.
Described on posters as being "lovingly ripped off" from the 1975 "Holy Grail" movie, it has been a huge success in London and on Broadway.
While both sides agreed that Forstater was entitled to some of the merchandising and spin-off income from the original film, the dispute was over how much.
Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, who formed Monty Python in the 1960s with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and the late Graham Chapman, appeared in court to give evidence against their former producer.
"I have always been adamant I was correct. I have been proved right -- justice has prevailed," Forstater, 69, said afterwards.
"There is a sadness though about having to face people who were my friends in court."
He added: "The friendship has gone. Terry Gilliam and I used to share a flat. We go back 51 years."
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Described on posters as being "lovingly ripped off" from the 1975 "Holy Grail" movie, it has been a huge success in London and on Broadway.
While both sides agreed that Forstater was entitled to some of the merchandising and spin-off income from the original film, the dispute was over how much.
Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, who formed Monty Python in the 1960s with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and the late Graham Chapman, appeared in court to give evidence against their former producer.
"I have always been adamant I was correct. I have been proved right -- justice has prevailed," Forstater, 69, said afterwards.
"There is a sadness though about having to face people who were my friends in court."
He added: "The friendship has gone. Terry Gilliam and I used to share a flat. We go back 51 years."
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