Are Birkenstocks, referring to examples of the brand of sandals, art? The company says yes, but the courts in Germany say no, they're footwear. The company was attempting to use an art-friendly element of local copyright law to make it harder to sell sandals that resemble their own.
The shoe manufacturer claimed its sandals "are copyright-protected works…
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