The development came in a case filed by Birkenstock in which it had argued that its footwear could be classified as art and ...

They are ubiquitous in summer, comfy and very German. Sometimes they look chic and sometimes shabby. But can these sandals be ...

(CNN)– Birkenstocks are not art, they are just shoes. A German court rejected the sandal company’s effort to copyright four ...

A German federal court recently decided that Birkenstocks cannot be considered art, since they are just comfortable, popular ...

A German judge is putting his foot down, saying while Birkenstock's sandals might be popular, they're not art.