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.
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