The old Birkenstock campus, with its sprawling white-peaked rooftop, next to Highway 101, has hit the market without a ...

The ruling comes after years of legal battles surrounding cheaper knock-offs, which the company argues are a violation of copyright law ...

A German court ruling has found that the famous Birkenstock shoe does not meet the legal definition of "applied art," ending ...

In a lawsuit, Birkenstock aimed to combat knockoffs, but the court determined the German footwear does not meet the ...

Birkenstock, which is headquartered in Linz am Rhein ... rules or other constraints determine the design.” “For the copyright protection of a work of applied art — as for all other types of work — the ...

On Thursday, the federal court of justice in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled that Birkenstocks were not “copyrighted works of ...

The firm wanted to claim protection under copyright law, to stop rivals selling copycat versions of its shoes.

But a German court may have just set a precedent on whether such work can be legally protected. This week, the court ruled ...

Birkenstock sandals, which have evolved from a symbol of counterculture to a trendy fashion item, do not qualify as art and ...