A peek at the Microsoft store logo

PC World | at | by Mike

Microsoft has designed itself a new logo for its forthcoming retail stores, which aim to take on the popular Apple retail stores across the world.

The logo has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The filing states that the logo "consists of four squares arranged in a rectangular grid. Each square is colored to Microsoft's retail logo?form three square-shaped regions within the square, with the color of each region gradating from dark to light toward the center of the design. The upper left square design is red, the lower left square is blue, the upper right square is green and the lower right square is yellow. The squares are separated by blank space.