"On Friday, November 22, the U.S. Supreme Court received several amicus briefs as well as the respondent’s brief in Island Intellectual Property LLC v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., a case challenging the federal judiciary’s application of procedural rules in patent cases. The petition argues that both district courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are misusing federal and local rules in a manner that results in summary affirmance of flawed determinations made at the summary judgment stage. While respondent TD Ameritrade focused on the abstract idea determination invalidating Island IP’s claims to methods for fund management, amici argued that erroneous legal standards at both the trial and appellate level deny due process to patent owners."
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