Patent Case Dismissed When Plaintiff Failed to Get New Counsel

TXU Energy Retail Co LLC won’t face a patent infringement suit after Ubiquitous Connectivity LP failed to hire replacement counsel, the Federal Circuit ruled Friday.

Ubiquitous Connectivity’s suits against TXU— a patent infringement action in 2018 and another in 2020—were consolidated by the district court in 2021. The court denied a motion to withdraw without prejudice after two of Ubiquitous Connectivity’s attorneys sought to withdraw but did not specify the reason for the withdrawal in the motion.

Ubiquitous was advised by the district court that if it refiled the motion, it would need to explain if two other lawyers who ...