daubert standards

The daubert standards tag covers discussions about the admissibility of expert testimony in patent litigation involving Microsoft. Content includes a Federal Circuit ruling that reversed a district court's exclusion of damages evidence under Daubert, finding the lower court misapplied gatekeeping standards in a case about Azure networking technology. The tag focuses on how courts evaluate expert reliability and relevance in complex technical disputes, particularly in software and cloud computing patent cases. Recurring themes include the proper application of Daubert factors, the role of expert testimony in reasonable-royalty calculations, and appellate review of evidentiary rulings in patent damages proceedings.