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1. Is Buying
Remanufactured
Cartridges Legal?
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2. About the Printer Cartridges
OEM
Compatible
Remanufactured
Generally there are three types of printer cartridges

3. • OEM Cartridges: These are produced by printer
manufacturers and sold under the same brand
name. OEM stands for Original Equipment
Manufactures, it is also known as original/genuine
cartridges.
• Compatible Cartridges: These are made by third
party companies other than printer
manufacturers and are known as Generic
Cartridges.
• Remanufactured Cartridges: These are essentially
used original cartridges refurbished and refilled
either by the Original manufacturers or some
other company.
About the Printer Cartridges

4. How to Know the Difference?
The terms remanufactured, compatible, recycled and
refilled are interchangeably used to describe non-OEM
cartridges. Trading of Some non-OEM cartridges are
absolutely legal whilst some are not. Types of non-OEM
cartridges are:
• Counterfeit Cartridges: They look 100% similar to
OEM cartridges in terms of both product and
packaging.
• Clones: Clone cartridges are those where there is no
OEM brand name but there is infringement in OEM
design and patent.
Non-OEM Cartridges

5. How to Know the Difference?
• IPR free Compatible: These cartridges look
different. There is no OEM parts or patents used.
• Fair Remanufactured: These cartridges are made
from used OEM cartridges. It uses only those new
parts that do not infringe design/patents/brands.
• False Remanufactured: It uses new built empties
instead of non-patented (permissible) OEM
components. It’s only a fake copy but sold as
remanufactured.

6. Legal or Illegal?
Non-OEM Cartridges Trade
Counterfeit Cartridges ILLEGAL
Clones ILLEGAL
False Remanufactured ILLEGAL
Fair Remanufactured LEGAL
IPR free Compatible LEGAL

7. Conclusion
Thus, we see that it is absolutely legal to
manufacture and sell IPR (Intellectual
Property Rights) free compatible cartridges as
long as they do not use the brand name,
patented parts, design and technology of OEM
cartridges. Similarly, trade of remanufactured
cartridges are completely allowed as there is
no infringement of Intellectual Property
Rights.

8. What you Buy from HPCartridgeShop?
At HPCartridgeShop, we sell both original and
remanufactured cartridges which are legal and do
not void warranty of printers. All our HP
cartridges like HP CF214X, HP CF283A and HP
950XL are made with premium grade toner and
ink using brand new components and do not
infringe any HP patents. As a result, our products
offer highest level of printing quality and
reliability giving our customers great printing
experience with full peace of mind. What more?
These quality printer cartridges are sold at very
reasonable, affordable low price.

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