Schneider Electric USA Inc., an energy management and industrial automation provider,  and Pelco Inc., a security and surveillance technologies company, were hit with patent infringement lawsuits on Sept. 5 in Delaware District Court. The court cases, filed by Stamoulis & Weinblatt on behalf of smart home software provider Portus Singapore Pte Ltd. and its subsidiary Portus Pty Ltd., asserts patents related to remote access and monitoring of a premises. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The cases are 1:23-cv-00976, Portus Singapore Pte Ltd. v. Pelco, Inc. and 1:23-cv-00977, Portus Singapore Pte Ltd. v. Schneider Electric USA, Inc.