Federal Circuit Denies Mudflap Patent Owner’s Motion To Recall 2023 Mandate

Mealey's ( August 26, 2025, 11:30 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Aug. 25 that it would not explain its denial of a pro se patent owner’s motion to recall a mandate issued after a panel affirmed a Michigan federal judge’s finding that the man was not entitled to injunctive relief in a patent dispute over mud flaps for vehicles; the patent owner told the Federal Circuit that the affirmation was based on fraud on the court by the plaintiff company in the form of obfuscating details about the company’s ownership....