• Associated Press, Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:15 AM

Attorneys for Tyco and Kimberly-Clark told a federal judge yesterday that they are finally nearing an end in their fight over sanitary pads.

Tyco Healthcare sued Kimberly-Clark Corp. last year, claiming the company was infringing on its trademarked name "Flexi-Wings" used on Always brand sanitary pads. Tyco claimed Kimberly-Clark purposefully tried to confuse customers by juxtaposing its trademark name "Comfort-Flex" next to the word "wings" on its Kotex brand packaging.

At stake is a piece of the lucrative feminine hygiene products market, which was worth more than $1.835 billion in 2006, according to Mintel, a market research firm in Chicago. Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark are two of the biggest players in the market.

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