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Heidi Klum discontinues jewelry line

August 12, 2009
Heidi Klum kisses goodbye her clover-inspired jewelry collection with Mouawad.

Los Angeles--Model and reality TV star Heidi Klum is crossing one item off of her loaded resume: jewelry entrepreneur.

In a recent interview in the Los Angeles Times, the German supermodel acknowledged that she no longer does her jewelry line with Mouawad USA Inc.

In the interview, Klum gives a few reasons for abandoning the line, which was called simply "Heidi Klum," including the trademark-infringment lawsuit filed against Klum and Mouawad by high-end jewelry house Van Cleef and Arpels Inc. in 2007.

Van Cleef, which is owned by luxury goods giant Richemont, claimed in the suit that Klum's lines copied the vintage clover design featured in its "Alhambra" line.

Last year, a federal judge dismissed the suit without prejudice (meaning it could be brought again in the future) after the two jewelry houses opted to settle the controversy themselves without any admission of liability.

"I think when you're a small company, which we are, we're not a Van Cleef--they have a thousand lawyers. I'm a small fry next to that," Klum said in the interview.
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