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Amazon v. Perplexity contract case

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Amazon alleges Perplexity's Comet browser agent covertly accesses customer Amazon accounts and shops while disguised as a human user, in violation of computer fraud laws.

The case

Court
US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket
3:25-cv-09514
Filed
Nov 4, 2025
Status
On appealThe Ninth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction, holding the agent likely did not violate the CFAA.

History

2 dated entries
AppealSep 18 · 52d agoMANDATE of USCA as to 82 Notice of Appeal to the Ninth Circuit, filed by Perplexity AI, Inc.Source
FilingNov 4, 2025 · 12mo agoComplaint filed: Amazon.com Services LLC v. Perplexity AI, Inc.Source
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024Trade secretsActiveUnverifiedfiled Jul 2026Sues sued v. Perplexity AI, Inc.Sued under the Defend Trade Secrets Act.N.D. Cal.AntitrustActivefiled Jun 2026EU Commission: AWS and Azure DMA cloud investigationThe Commission told Amazon and Microsoft it preliminarily considers AWS and Azure should be designated as gatekeeper cloud services despite not meeting the DMA's quantitative thresholds.European CommissionCopyrightActivefiled May 2026CNN sued v. PerplexityCNN alleges Perplexity copies its news content without permission to power its answer engine.S.D. N.Y.ContractActivefiled Mar 2026Nippon Life Insurance sued v. OpenAINippon Life alleges ChatGPT induced a breach of a settlement agreement by helping a former claimant file a motion to reopen a settled lawsuit.N.D. Ill.AntitrustDecidedfiled Feb 2026Bundeskartellamt: Amazon price control prohibitionThe authority found Amazon used mechanisms to influence prices charged by third-party sellers on amazon.de, and ordered a first partial disgorgement of economic benefits.EUR 59 millionBundeskartellamtContractActiveUnverifiedfiled Jan 2026Qualcomm Incorporated sued v. Arm Ltd.Sued for breach of contract.D. Del.ContractActivefiled Dec 2025Google sued v. SerpApiGoogle alleges SerpApi circumvents its anti-scraping protections to harvest and resell search results, in violation of the DMCA.N.D. Cal.
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