Its too late to some extent.  Though patent situation has 
improved a little recently.
The (licensed patents) that a startup I worked at had were used to sue google when the startup failed.  The suit was started by the company but finished by the university.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law360.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;239435&#x2F;google-northeastern-settle-database-patent-fight" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law360.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;239435&#x2F;google-northeastern-se...</a>