Société Industrielle de jouets et d’inventions mécaniques
Trademark: S.I.J.I.M.
Prosper Lévi had his trademarks protected in France on July 23, 1909 and internationally on September 20, 1909 for Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Spain, France,Hungary, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland and in Tunisië. Between the S.I.J.I.M. factory and the Fernand Martin factory was in 1912 a lawsuit, about the Le Rapide Livreur from S.I.J.I.M. and the Petit Livreur from FernandMartin. Prosper Lévy from (S.I.J.I.M.) accused Fernand Martin having committed plagiarism. In the Lévi’s patent header there is a text in squared brackets: [ Guarantee certificate delivered to M. Jules Boucheron (of whom Mr. Lévi is sassignee) on the occasion of the 10th Lépine Contest of toys in Paris August 12, 1910]. This means that the inventor of this toy was Jules Boucheron, a small inventor probably without production opportunities and infrastructure. In July 1914, Fernand Martin gave a statement: We are pleased to take that the infringement action brought by Mr. Levi against Mr.F. Martin, for a toy called “The Delivery Person” will not be followed up, Mr. Levi having recognized that it is wrongly and without right gull has assigned Mr. Martin ininfringement. For his part, Mr. Martin, in the presence of this declaration, waived his claimfor damages. The case is therefore closed. . From 1897 many toy manufacturers place the triangle with the text “Article Francais” and around it the text “Marque Deposee” , under the triangle a number, which was granted by the Chambre Syndicale des Fabricants de Jouets to French toy makers who requested it. The number reflects the order of the request. S.I.J.I.M. was 248, Martin was 138. The mechanisms of S.I.J.I.M. toys are different from those of Martin, often more sophisticated and of a better quality and therefore more expensive to produce. The best selling and known toy of SIJIM was le joueur d’orgue, often referred to as a Martin.
- Country
- France
- Address
- 18, Rue des Maronites, Paris
- Active
- 1909 – 1913 or 1914
- Founder
- Prosper Lévi
