Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot
News AI Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot Amazon's public fight with Perplexity over online shopping started in November 2025. 4, 2026 5:58 pm EST Talukdar David/Shutterstock Perplexity has successfully overturned an injunction that banned the AI shopping tool built into its Comet browser from accessing Amazon, Bloomberg reports. According to an opinion from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Amazon's original claim that Perplexity violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) doesn't hold up to scrutiny and shouldn't have been rewarded with an injunction.
- ▪News AI Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot Amazon's public fight with Perplexity over online shopping started in November 2025.
- ▪4, 2026 5:58 pm EST Talukdar David/Shutterstock Perplexity has successfully overturned an injunction that banned the AI shopping tool built into its Comet browser from accessing Amazon, Bloomberg reports.
- ▪According to an opinion from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Amazon's original claim that Perplexity violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) doesn't hold up to scrutiny and shouldn't have been rewarded with an injunction.
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| Publication time | Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:58:34 +0000 |
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News AI Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon's injunction on its AI shopping bot Amazon's public fight with Perplexity over online shopping started in November 2025. By Ian Carlos Campbell Aug. 4, 2026 5:58 pm EST Talukdar David/Shutterstock Perplexity has successfully overturned an injunction that banned the AI shopping tool built into its Comet browser from accessing Amazon, Bloomberg reports. According to an opinion from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Amazon's original claim that Perplexity violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) doesn't hold up to scrutiny and shouldn't have been rewarded with an injunction.
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