Veritec Sues Firm Headed by Kin of CEO Anselmo

Veritec Inc., a Chatsworth marketer of a matrix identification symbol, said it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against a Clearwater, Fla., company headed by the brother-in-law of Veritec’s president and CEO.

The Florida concern, International Data Matrix, is headed by Dennis Priddy, brother-in-law of Robert Anselmo, Veritec’s CEO. In previous interviews, Priddy has denied copying Veritec’s product.

In the suit, filed last week in federal court in Tampa, Veritec accused the Florida company of copying its symbol, system and method. Veritec markets a matrix symbol called Vericode. Like the bar code, Vericode is used for labeling and identification purposes.