The , assigned to Apple, relates to an universal interface for the retrieval of information in a computer system.

Apple's complaint asserts a total of eight patents and identifies seventeen accused products, but it moved for a preliminary injunction only against the Galaxy Nexus smartphone, and on the basis of four patents, including the '604. The Judge said that Apple had shown that irreparable harm will be attributable to Samsung's alleged infringement of the '604 patent, though it had not shown the same with respect to Samsung's alleged infringement of the other three patents.

As a condition of the preliminary injunction, the court ordered plaintiff Apple to post a bond of US$95.6 million to secure payment of any damages sustained by Samsung if it is later found to have been wrongfully enjoined. Apple said in a filing Tuesday that it had posted the bond. The court had ordered Apple not to post the bond before it ruled on Samsung's motion to stay.

The IDG News Service