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An engineer representing himself in a nearly decadelong court fight was awarded $228,000 on Tuesday by a Michigan federal judge after a jury found a trucking parts maker's spray-resistant mudflaps infringed his patent, but he told Law360 he's not satisfied with the outcome and plans to appeal.

A pro se inventor scored a victory in a long-running patent dispute against a Michigan trucking parts maker after a federal jury found that one of the company's mudflap products infringed his patented technology, although the jury refused to award triple damages or lost profits.