Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Perplexity AI, Inc.

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Case Number:

26-1444

Court:

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

  1. April 23, 2026

    Amazon Urges 9th Circ. To Uphold Block On Perplexity AI Bot

    Amazon on Wednesday pressed the Ninth Circuit to leave in place an injunction blocking a startup's artificial intelligence tool, Comet, from purchasing items on Amazon.com, calling the tool "a textbook violation" of federal and state law and arguing that the injunction is backed by a robust record.

  2. April 02, 2026

    Amazon's Bot Ban Aims To Stifle AI Rivals, 9th Circ. Told

    Perplexity AI has urged the Ninth Circuit to scrap an injunction blocking the startup's artificial intelligence tool Comet from purchasing items on Amazon.com, arguing the lower court made numerous errors, and Amazon is trying to stifle competition to promote its own AI tools and "bombard" users with ads.