<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16735" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>>Also, developing a high-quality typeface can be a lot of work;<BR>>Microsoft spent over a million US dollars on Arial, I've heard.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's my understanding very few fonts are patented. I suppose if you spend $1 Million on developing a font, you can afford the average $10,000 (but can be much higher than that) filing fees to get a patent in the U.S. + the cost of your patent lawyer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A trademark is much cheaper.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here's the current pricelist for both patents and trademarks. (Note that you will generally have to pay many of these various fees for a patent, esp. if there are any disputes.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2008october02.htm#patapp">http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2008october02.htm#patapp</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="1e09d4d81288b06dc00130b616835bb3"><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. <a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from-aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001 ">Search Now</a>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>