Hasta La Ideas

In another bit of retail jibber-jabber, we return to March of last year when the jewelry company Tiffany & Co. announced that they would be carrying a line of Frank Gehry-designed shiny bits. From there, the story disappeared and we assumed that the most exciting things was, you know, people bought some of it and stuff. But behind the scenes, even before the launch, Gehry had landed in some hot water with a company called Circa Publishing Enterprises, who had brokered the connection between Tiffany and the starchitect with the understanding that they’d get a share of the profits. When Gehry and Tiffany decided to go it alone themselves, Circa sued. This was back in 2007. But now, this week, the suit has been kicked out of court, with Circa failing to prove that they had a shared-profit agreement with Gehry from the start. So, see, if you ignore the probably thousands of dollars in lawyer fees he’s had to spend over the past couple of years on this, not all news is bad news for Frank Gehry.

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