Photographer Fabian Ritter has spent years documenting the rise of the far right. Recent events illustrate the growing ...

In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...

A German court is putting its foot down. Birkenstocks are not art. Birkenstocks are cool enough for influencers, Hollywood ...

The shoe manufacturer claimed its sandals “are copyright-protected works of applied art” that may not be imitated in a ...

At a time of political tension in Germany, the Bauhaus – arguably one of most influential architecture, art and design ...

The iconic cork-soled shoe brand has run into a disagreement with Germany's Federal Court of Justice who yesterday ruled ...

A German Village office building could soon be demolished to make way for a new apartment complex. A proposal by Columbus-based real estate developer Mershad ...

In a lawsuit, Birkenstock aimed to combat knockoffs, but the court determined the German footwear does not meet the definition of “applied art.” ...

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.

A German court has walked all over Birkenstock’s attempt to copyright its iconic sandals in an IP battle fought by Hogan ...