Dennis - it might behoove you to tske the time (and a little money) and register "the Stock Doctor" as trademark. You've spent too much time and effort, and developed a hard-won, excellent reputation for it to be exposed to some guy coming along and piggybacking off you, making money for himself and hurting you in the same minute. He winds up confusing his less-excellent work and service with yours and both you and the marketplace suffer for it.
It might be that the guy in Wisconsin never heard about you and his appropriating your name is totally innocent. Wisconsin's a long way from Oregon. But (a) the internet has pretty well obliterated a lot of the things associated with distance (like "Wisconsin's a long way from Oregon" when it comes to the marketplace) and (b) as your trip to Texas shows, you have a market and reputation that is (at least) nationwide. Moreover, the confusion on this thread over just who was being discussed exemplifies the problem.
This is not to say the guy in Wisconsin is a "bad" guy. Just that you have a reputation in the market to protect. On the internet, where most people get most of their information these days, you and the Wisconsin guy are next-door neighbors.
I've seen it happen too many times, where someone builds a business and reputation over years of hard, dedicated work, only to have some sharpie slide in, steal their name, and hurt their business badly, sometimes fatally. Take the need to do this as a sign of success on your part.
Last edited by Dave in Maine; 01/23/15 07:07 AM. Reason: typos
