Crosley brand name - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Maarten · 20th Mar 2014, 5:49 pm

When searching for Crosley, most hits on the forum refer to pre-war American radio sets or refrigerators, or to modern reproduction sets.

However some pictures have appeared on rm.org of a British made Crosley TV set from the 1960's. I'm now curious for details of this brand or manufacturer and whether they had anything to do with the American corporation.

Tractorfan · 20th Mar 2014, 6:58 pm

Hi,
Sorry if I'm stating the very obvious, but have you tried searching different spellings? 'Crossley, Crossly, Crosly'.
Cheers, Pete.

emeritus · 20th Mar 2014, 10:28 pm

You can search for registerered Uk Trade Marks on the Patent Office's web site here:

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/tmtext.htm

The database includes all registered trade marks back to the 1880's (including those that have lapsed) , but the only owners of crossley/crossly/crossly/crosly trade marks relating to radios etc. are for the American company. NB you can search for "similar" marks and such a search did bring in all the variant spellings when I checked against doing individual searches.

Probably the UK Crossley company never bothered to register their trade mark: there was /is no obligation to do so.

20th Mar 2014, 5:49 pm	#1
Maarten Dekatron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haarlem, Netherlands Posts: 4,203	Crosley brand name When searching for Crosley, most hits on the forum refer to pre-war American radio sets or refrigerators, or to modern reproduction sets. However some pictures have appeared on rm.org of a British made Crosley TV set from the 1960's. I'm now curious for details of this brand or manufacturer and whether they had anything to do with the American corporation.

20th Mar 2014, 6:58 pm	#2
Tractorfan Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Frajou, l'Isle en Dodon, Haute Garonne, France.(Previously: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.) Posts: 3,184	Re: Crosley brand name Hi, Sorry if I'm stating the very obvious, but have you tried searching different spellings? 'Crossley, Crossly, Crosly'. Cheers, Pete. __________________ "Hello?, Yes, I'm on the train, I might lose the signal soon as we're just going into a tunn..."

20th Mar 2014, 10:28 pm	#3
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,349	Re: Crosley brand name You can search for registerered Uk Trade Marks on the Patent Office's web site here: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/tmtext.htm The database includes all registered trade marks back to the 1880's (including those that have lapsed) , but the only owners of crossley/crossly/crossly/crosly trade marks relating to radios etc. are for the American company. NB you can search for "similar" marks and such a search did bring in all the variant spellings when I checked against doing individual searches. Probably the UK Crossley company never bothered to register their trade mark: there was /is no obligation to do so.