the preliminary ruling

基本解释

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日蘋果公司曏其對手提出的很大的專利訴訟中，美國國際貿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.
商務部調查機關初步認定原産於上述國家和地區的進口被調查産品存在傾銷，我國內地相關産業受到了實質損害。
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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.
商務部2日稱，初步裁定原産於美國的排氣量在2.5陞以上的部分進口小轎車和越野車存在傾銷行爲。

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