Can someone actually copyright this?

Question

can someone actually copyright a bindi dot? I had an idea to create some re-useable bindi dots out of clay...and i did a search to see if someone had beat me to the punch...and someone on a website i use is selling polymer clay bindi dots and they claim to have them copyrighted...they're just clay flowers?

I think they may just be saying they have them copyrighted so that no one else sells them...what do you think?

How can you even copyright an idea that has been around for hundreds of years (bindi dot)....and can you copyright a flower...i mean...aren't they fair game??

Answer 1

Check somewhere that has the answers. Some lawyer or something like that.

Answer 2

all though it may seem unfair people copyright the craziest things the bindi flower was copyrighted by Mara Smith in 2004