Amazon-Perplexity AI dispute over AI shopping agents gets trial date
By Amy Miller ( May 15, 2026, 22:07 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon's lawsuit seeking to block Perplexity AI's artificial intelligence-powered shopping agent from certain areas of its online store now has a trial date of Sept. 27, 2027 despite a pending appeal. US District Judge Maxine Chesney in San Francisco, California, agreed to set a trial date even though the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has not weighed in on a preliminary injunction she issued against Perplexity two months ago. The parties told Chesney they estimated trial would last five to seven days.Amazon's lawsuit seeking to block Perplexity AI's artificial intelligence-powered shopping agent from certain areas of its online store now has a trial date despite a pending appeal....
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