preliminary ruling

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A trade tribunal in America issued a preliminary ruling that HTC, which produces smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system, had infringed two patents owned by Apple.
美國(guó)國(guó)際貿(mào)易委員會(huì)（ITC）初步裁定，宏達(dá)電子（HTC）———基於Google Android操作系統(tǒng)的智能手機(jī)生産商，侵犯了蘋(píng)果的兩項(xiàng)專利。
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)定原産於上述國(guó)家和地區(qū)的進(jìn)口被調(diào)查産品存在傾銷，我國(guó)內(nèi)地相關(guān)産業(yè)受到了實(shí)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，初步裁定原産於美國(guó)的排氣量在2.5陞以上的部分進(jìn)口小轎車和越野車存在傾銷行爲(wèi)。

He offered little information from preliminary findings of Friday's autopsy, beyond ruling out foul play.

This is just a preliminary ruling until it can be reviewed by the full commission.
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