Apple v. Motorola offers a primer on expert testimony

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Abstract: In a recent patent infringement case involving smartphone technology, a prominent jurist delivered a primer on proving damages in the courtroom, declaring the testimony of both parties’ damages experts to be inadmissible. This article explains how he applied his real-world test to the experts’ courtroom methods. A sidebar notes his assertion that a judge does not evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of an expert’s evidence, but focuses on methodology.