Chalumeau Power Systems [NPE] filed suit against Avaya, Brocade, Cisco, D-Link, Enterasys, Force 10, Foundry Networks, HP, Juniper, LG-Ericsson, Micrel, Netgear, and SMC Networks over a patent related to powering remote devices over Ethernet switches.  The patent-in-suit was assigned to Acacia in April, 2011 by a company called Clarinet Systems, which specializes in wireless connectivity for mobile devices.  This is the first case filed by Chalumeau Power Systems. 6/28, District of Delaware, docket number unavailable.