the preliminary ruling

基本解釋

On July 15th the US International Trade Commission made a preliminary ruling upholding two claims in a far larger patent suit Apple had filed against its rival.
在7月15日蘋果公司向其對手提出的很大的專利訴訟中，美國國際貿(mào)易委員會作出了一個初步裁定支持了其兩個請求。
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The decision follows a preliminary ruling by the ministry that those areas had dumped Nylon6 on the mainland market and the imports had caused substantial damage to the domestic producers.
商務(wù)部調(diào)查機(jī)關(guān)初步認(rèn)定原產(chǎn)于上述國家和地區(qū)的進(jìn)口被調(diào)查產(chǎn)品存在傾銷，我國內(nèi)地相關(guān)產(chǎn)業(yè)受到了實質(zhì)損害。
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China's Ministry of Commerce Saturday issued a preliminary ruling saying the US had dumped sedans and cross-country vehicles with engine displacements of 2.5 liters and above on the Chinese market.
商務(wù)部2日稱，初步裁定原產(chǎn)于美國的排氣量在2.5升以上的部分進(jìn)口小轎車和越野車存在傾銷行為。

And since the injunction is a preliminary ruling, the NFL may ultimately prevail on the jurisdictional or antitrust issues.
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