PowerPoint Slide Creates a Confidentiality Agreement

Koresko v. Bleiweis , 2004-0769 (E.D. PA 2005). Judge Kauffman ruled that a trade secret misappropriation claim can be made independently of a breach of contract claim based upon a confidentiality agreement arising from a PowerPoint slide in plaintiff's PowerPoint presentation. This allows plaintiff to continue to pursue a tort claim as well as a contract claim against defendant, who is alleged to have misappropriated confidential information disclosed in the PowerPoint presentation