A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform (Blake Brittain/Reuters) | SpinGraph: Legal victory framing
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A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
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description: SpinGraph analysis of Techmeme's A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's…
date published: 2026-08-04T21:00:56+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-05T00:52:19.228228+00:00
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keywords: Perplexity, Amazon, agentic shopping, AI injunction, appeals court
author: Techmeme
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citation: https://www.techmeme.com/260804/p43#a260804p43
about: Perplexity
about: Amazon
about: agentic shopping
about: AI injunction
about: appeals court
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mentions: Amazon
abstract: Perplexity’s AI shopping tools are no longer barred from Amazon’s platform after an appeals court reversal. The ruling lifts a prior temporary injunction issued by a lower court. This decision permits Perplexity to resume deploying its agentic shopping functionality on Amazon.

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Spin Analysis: legal victory framing
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description: Emphasizes procedural outcome (reversal) while minimizing substantive legal grounds, contested claims, or ongoing risks; minimizes Amazon’s stated concerns about unauthorized data access or terms violations.
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  description: Perplexity as a legitimate, court-vindicated innovator advancing AI agent adoption despite platform resistance.
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  value: A US appeals court overturned a ban on Perplexity's AI shopping tools on Amazon, allowing them to operate again.
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  value: Perplexity as a legitimate, court-vindicated innovator advancing AI agent adoption despite platform resistance.
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  value: Legal basis for original injunction; Amazon’s arguments or evidence presented; Whether Perplexity modified its tools post-injunction
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  value: Combines authoritative sourcing (Reuters + appeals court) with active verbs ('overturns', 'barred') and technocratic terminology ('agentic shopping tools') to make a narrow legal event feel like industry-wide momentum. The tension lies between the modest scope of the ruling — a reversal of a temporary injunction — and the implied narrative of inevitable, sanctioned AI agent deployment.
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