Intellectual Capital Holdings [NPE] filed suit against Aclara Power-Line Systems, Badger Meter, ESCO, Landis+Gyr, Metron Farnier, Mueller Water, Tantalus Systems, City of Winnsboro TX, Transparent Technologies, and Tropos Networks over a patent related to an automated meter reading system.  9/8, Eastern District of Texas, 6:2011cv00468.