The phrase "are probative" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal or analytical contexts to indicate that something serves to prove or demonstrate a point or fact.
Example: "The documents presented in court are probative of the defendant's guilt."
Alternatives: "are indicative" or "are relevant evidence".
To the extent that the settlement terms are probative of the merits of the patent infringement case, they reflect the parties' expectations about the outcome of the litigation.
Indirect evidence may include proof of "access to the copyrighted work, similarities that are probative of copying between the works, and expert testimony". Id.
Actual copying may be established "either by direct evidence of copying or by indirect evidence, including access to the copyrighted work, similarities that are probative of copying between the works, and expert testimony". Id. at 140.
Groklaw quotes Judge Koh's interim ruling: At the hearing, Samsung explained that it needs an unredacted version of the settlement agreement because the financial terms are probative of [give proof of the] arguments Samsung raises in its opposition to Apple's permanent injunction motion.
"If and when future courts are confronted with campaign or other statements proffered as evidence of governmental purpose, those courts must similarly determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether such statements are probative evidence of governmental purpose".
The Jay Report is probative of irreparable harm and will be admitted.
It is difficult to see how the failure of that bill might be probative here.
The administration proposal would allow hearsay and evidence obtained by coercion, if the judge rules it was probative and reliable.
The court need not opine whether the report is probative of damages, as that issue has not yet ripened.
See post, at 250-251, n. 4. A dog's failure to bark may be probative whether or not he has been trained as a watchdog.
Such silence is probative and does not rest on any implied assurance by law enforcement authorities that it will carry no penalty.
