When an attribute is written in camelCase and passed down from parent component to sub-component, the sub-component will not render / receive it.
<subcomp scopevar="someThing.scopeMember"><div>Sub, lowercase: {{scopevar}}</div></subcomp> ===> this works
<subcomp scopeVar="someThing.scopeMember"><div>Sub, lowercase: {{scopeVar}}</div></subcomp> ===> this won't work
Check the following fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/xKc3H/363/