The state Superior Court has ruled that the coordinate jurisdiction rule did not apply in a trademark case where a trial judge reversed the order of a fellow trial judge who died before he could reconsider the order himself.
A three-judge panel ruled unanimously to affirm Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Patricia McInerney's reversal of the late Judge Albert W. Sheppard's ruling that summary judgment be denied in Buyfigure.com v. Autotrader.com,a case involving the rights to a software program.
