"Given such evidence, the Court finds Amazon has shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its claim. Amazon submitted essentially undisputed evidence that it spent more than $5,000 to respond to the issue, including numerous hours where its employees worked to develop tools to block Comet from accessing its private customer tools and to prevent the tool from future unauthorized access."
"Amazon has provided strong evidence that Perplexity's Comet browser accessed its website at the user's direction, but without authorization from the e-commerce giant. The preliminary injunction is an important step to maintain a trusted shopping experience for its customers."
"Perplexity will continue to fight for the right of internet users to choose whatever AI they want. The startup called the lawsuit a bully tactic in response to Amazon's allegations that Perplexity took steps to conceal its AI agents so they could continue to scrape the online retailer's website without approval."
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Perplexity's Comet AI browser from accessing Amazon's website without authorization. Amazon sued Perplexity in November, alleging the startup concealed its AI agents to scrape Amazon's site. Judge Maxine Chesney found Amazon provided strong evidence that Comet accessed Amazon's website without permission and that Amazon spent over $5,000 responding to the issue, including developing blocking tools. The court determined Amazon demonstrated a likelihood of success on its claims. Perplexity stated it would continue fighting for users' right to choose their preferred AI tools. The ruling includes a weeklong stay allowing Perplexity to appeal.
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