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Intellectual Property

May 22, 2025

Comet ML seeks TRO on Perplexity's beta Comet browser

Comet ML seeks TRO to stop PerplexityAI's beta Comet browser launch, alleging trademark infringement and consumer confusion. The case follows a prior denied TRO.

Comet ML, an AI company specializing in help tools, asked a second federal judge in Oakland on Wednesday to halt PerplexityAI's imminent launch of Comet, a potentially groundbreaking AI-powered web browser that allegedly causes consumer confusion that is allegedly being distributed to users in a beta version.

Comet ML sued Perplexity earlier this month for trademark infringement, arguing that consumers will assume Comet ML is affiliated with the browser given that it bears the...

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