Apple’s attorneys have filed applications to trademark the design of the company’s retail stores, including the gray stainless steel and the light-brown wood of the display tables, reports ifoAppleStore (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/05/18/apple-trademarks-retail-store-design/).

“The mark consists of distinctive design and layout of a retail store,” state the applications filed May 12 by attorney Lisa Widup. There are two versions of the trademark application, one describing the store in color and the other one in black-and-white.