In the motion, Apple pointed out that even though Koh had initially said that Apple's patent was likely not valid, she did agree that Apple would suffer harm from competition with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. In addition, Apple stressed that the appeals court also agreed that Apple would suffer from competition with the Galaxy Tab.

"This Court should now promptly enter a preliminary injunction to protect Apple from the continuing irreparable harm that this Court found five months ago was likely to occur in the absence of such relief," Apple concluded.

The Friday motion was first reported by Florian Mueller's blog.

If the court-mandated settlement talks between the two companies fail, Koh could grant Apple's request for the injunction to be handed down without a hearing.

However, Koh is scheduled to hear arguments on June 7 for a separate injunction Apple has requested, against Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone. She could also hear further arguments on the Tab 10.1 injunction at that time, Mueller suggested.