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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 

EASTERN DIVISION 

MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, : 

 et al., : 

 : 

 Plaintiffs, : Case No. 2:12-CV-344 

 : 

 v. : JUDGE ALGENON L. MARBLEY 

 : 

KARTHIK BALAKRISHNAN, : Magistrate Judge Norah McCann 

 : King 

 : 

 Defendant. : 

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

 After reviewing Plaintiffs MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. and MEMC Pasadena, Inc.’s 

(collectively referred to as “MEMC”) Application for a Temporary Restraining Order, (Doc. 3), 

Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Application for Temporary Restraining Order, 

(Doc. 4), and Verified Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief, (Doc. 1), and after having 

heard MEMC and Defendant Karthik Balakrishnan’s (“Balakrishnan”) respective arguments at 

the Local Rule 65.1 Conference on April 19, 2012, this Court hereby orders and finds: 

1. MEMC’s Application for Temporary Restraining Order pursuant to Rule 65 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is GRANTED. 

2. MEMC is subject to immediate and irreparable injury if Balakrishnan is permitted to 

breach the Agreement which is attached as Exhibit 1 to MEMC’s Verified Petition for 

Injunctive and Other Relief (“Agreement”). Monetary relief will not fully or adequately 

compensate MEMC for the injury which could be caused by Balakrishnan’s violation of 

the Agreement. 

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3. Balakrishnan and his agents, servants, employees, and those persons in active concert or 

participation with him who receive actual notice of this Temporary Restraining Order, are 

hereby temporarily enjoined and restrained from: 

a. Using or disclosing any confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret information 

of MEMC; 

b. Engaging in or contributing knowledge to any work or activity that involves a 

product, process, apparatus, service, or development which is then competitive 

with or similar to a product process, apparatus, service, or development on which 

Balakrishnan worked or with respect to which Balakrishnan had access to 

Confidential Information while at MEMC (including by working for Iosil Energy 

Corporation); and 

c. Breaching the terms and conditions of the Agreement. 

4. Balakrishnan is further ordered to immediately deliver to MEMC’s counsel all materials 

in his possession constituting or relating, directly or indirectly, to MEMC’s confidential, 

proprietary and/or trade secret information, including all such information stored 

electronically, and any computers, hard drives, or other electronic or removable storage 

devices containing or reflecting any such information. 

5. This restraining order shall remain in effect through the Court’s ruling on MEMC’s 

request for a preliminary injunction. 

6. MEMC shall post an injunction bond in the amount of $10,000.00 for the payment of 

such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by Balakrishnan if he is found to 

have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained. 

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7. The preliminary injunction hearing is hereby scheduled for May 7, 2012 at 9 a.m. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 s/ Algenon L. Marbley 

 Algenon L. Marbley 

 United States District Judge 

Dated: April 20, 2012 

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