Philly, as you said, and I quote you..
" Nothing unusual about that in the American Market Place, "
Nope, nothing at all unusual about glomming onto someone elses idea...
A good for instance are the "Crease" flies on his site...gee, didn't even bother to change the name... I'm sure, he's a nice guy just trying to make a buck the good old American way! LOL.