Perplexity Faces Injunction Blocking Amazon Account Access

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted Perplexity an administrative stay, pausing a lower-court injunction that would have blocked its Comet shopping agent from accessing Amazon accounts while the company appeals. Judge Maxine Chesney granted the preliminary injunction on March 9 after Amazon sued in November, alleging Comet accessed password-protected areas without Amazon’s authorization, raising legal questions over user permission versus platform control for agentic AI.