The shoe manufacturer claimed its sandals “are copyright-protected works of applied art” that may not be imitated. Under German law, works of art enjoy stronger and longer-lasting intellectual ...

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But Germany’s top court begs to differ, ruling Thursday that the famously comfy cork shoes and sandals are no work of “applied art” at all. In a legal drama that has been unfolding for ...

Can Birkenstock sandals be considered art? That's what Germany's Federal Court of Justice had to decide on Thursday, and it ruled they're just comfy footwear.