{"id":23788,"date":"2017-05-11T07:38:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=23788"},"modified":"2017-05-11T07:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T14:38:05","slug":"u-s-customs-sides-with-green-project-grants-entry-of-seized-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2017\/05\/u-s-customs-sides-with-green-project-grants-entry-of-seized-shipments\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Customs Sides with Green Project, Grants Entry of Seized Shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hacienda Heights, CA (May 4, 2017)<\/em> \u2014 Green Project is pleased to announce that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has sided with the company in favor of its challenge to CBP\u2019s seizure of ink and toner cartridges last year. In letters dated February 21 and April 21, Charles Steuart, chief of CBP\u2019s Intellectual Property Branch, said the Green Project cartridges in question had been \u201cpermissibly repaired\u201d and should not be excluded from entry into the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that U.S. Customs would find in our favor,\u201d said Green Project President Joseph Wu. He explains that the company worked closely with Customs and their import specialists to have its shipments cleared. \u201cTo be honest, we never doubted the outcome. Green Project monitors its supply chain very closely to ensure there are no intellectual property (IP) violations. We work hard to stay on the right side of the law, and we were confident we would prevail when Customs had the time to review the seizure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maintaining that its imported cartridges were legitimately remanufactured, Green Project protested CBP\u2019s seizure of shipments, which occurred at California ports in November and December 2016. Agents were acting on four general exclusion orders issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in the 337-TA-565, 337-TA-691, 337-TA-723, and 337-TA-946 investigations. The orders limit the importation of certain third-party inkjet cartridges presumed to violate Epson and HP patents. To prove its remanufactured cartridges did not infringe, Green Project presented CBP with the identity of the retailer that first sold the OEM cartridges in the United States and then later collected the spent cartridges from its customers. Green Project also documented for the authorities how these cores were gathered, shipped to China and remanufactured, and then returned to be marketed in the United States.<\/p>\n

After reviewing Green Project\u2019s claims, Steuart held in favor of the firm. He found that the cartridges in question were \u201coriginally purchased within the United States\u201d and that the processes used to remanufacture the cartridges fell \u201cunder permissible repair.\u201d As a result, he said the cartridges involved in the seizures were outside of the ITC exclusion orders. \u201cTherefore,\u201d wrote Steuart, \u201cthe protest challenging exclusion from entry is granted,\u201d and the shipments were released to Green Project.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreen Project has always put respecting IP at the top of our priority list,\u201d Wu said. He explains that in today\u2019s market, the stakes are too high to not play by the rules. \u201cCustoms has now rescinded seizure orders on Green Project imports twice this year. It should be clear to all that the products we market do not violate any IP. Our customers know they can rely on our products to perform at the highest level, and we achieve this level of excellence by adhering to strict R&D processes that conform to all IP laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wu assured Green Project customers that regardless of existing general exclusion orders, his firm\u2019s remanufactured cartridges are safe to import without any issues.<\/p>\n

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About Green Project<\/strong>
\nGreen Project Inc.<\/a> is an international imaging supplier with offices based in China, Europe, and the United States. The company has recycling facilities overseas as well as in the United States. Green Project products are extensively developed and pass quality systems such as ISO 9001. Product development is Green Project\u2019s strength and its repairing process is different from that of many other recyclers, which allows for an even higher quality cartridge resulting in lower defectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hacienda Heights, CA (May 4, 2017) \u2014 Green Project is pleased to announce that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has sided with the company in favor of its challenge to CBP\u2019s seizure of ink and toner cartridges last year. In letters dated February 21 and April 21, Charles Steuart, chief of CBP\u2019s Intellectual Property Branch, said the Green Project cartridges in question had been \u201cpermissibly repaired\u201d and should not be excluded from entry into the United States. \u201cWe knew that U.S. Customs would find in our favor,\u201d said Green Project President Joseph Wu. He explains that the company worked closely with Customs and their import specialists to have its shipments cleared. \u201cTo be honest, we never doubted the outcome. Green Project monitors its supply chain very closely to ensure there are no intellectual property (IP) violations. We work hard to stay on the right side of the law, and we were confident we would prevail when Customs had the time to review the seizure.\u201d Maintaining that its imported cartridges were legitimately remanufactured, Green Project protested CBP\u2019s seizure of shipments, which occurred at California ports in November and December 2016. Agents were acting on four general exclusion orders issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in the 337-TA-565, 337-TA-691, 337-TA-723, and 337-TA-946 investigations. The orders limit the importation of certain third-party inkjet cartridges presumed to violate Epson and HP patents. To prove its remanufactured cartridges did not infringe, Green Project presented CBP with the identity of the retailer that first sold the OEM cartridges in the United States and then later collected the spent cartridges from its customers. Green Project also documented for the authorities how these cores were gathered, shipped to China and remanufactured, and then returned to be marketed in the United States. After reviewing Green Project\u2019s claims, Steuart held in favor of the firm. He found that the cartridges in question were \u201coriginally purchased within the United States\u201d and that the processes used to remanufacture the cartridges fell \u201cunder permissible repair.\u201d As a result, he said the cartridges involved in the seizures were outside of the ITC exclusion orders. \u201cTherefore,\u201d wrote Steuart, \u201cthe protest challenging exclusion from entry is granted,\u201d and the shipments were released to Green Project. \u201cGreen Project has always put respecting IP at the top of our priority list,\u201d Wu said. He explains that in today\u2019s market, the stakes are too high to not play by the rules. \u201cCustoms has now rescinded seizure orders on Green Project imports twice this year. It should be clear to all that the products we market do not violate any IP. Our customers know they can rely on our products to perform at the highest level, and we achieve this level of excellence by adhering to strict R&D processes that conform to all IP laws.\u201d Wu assured Green Project customers that regardless of existing general exclusion orders, his firm\u2019s remanufactured cartridges are safe to import without any issues. ### About Green Project Green Project Inc. is an international imaging supplier with offices based in China, Europe, and the United States. The company has recycling facilities overseas as well as in the United States. Green Project products are extensively developed and pass quality systems such as ISO 9001. Product development is Green Project\u2019s strength and its repairing process is different from that of many other recyclers, which allows for an even higher quality cartridge resulting in lower defectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[2383],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23789,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions\/23789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}