Heidi Klum jewellery copying case settled

A US federal judge has dismissed the case between Van Cleef & Arpel, and Mouawad USA Inc. and Heidi Klum GmbH, over a line of jewellery bearing Klum’s name.
   Late last year, Lucire reported that Van Cleef & Arpel sought damages of US$25,000 against the defendants for allegedly copying its Alhambra clover design.
   Judge Shira A. Scheindlin dismissed the case without prejudice after the parties opted ‘to settle the controversy between them without any admission of liability.’