AI and IP clash in Comet ML’s Perplexity suit

Hi, this is Annelise Levy in San Francisco. I’ll be at the federal courthouse in Oakland today covering Comet ML’s request to block Perplexity AI’s launch of its highly anticipated web browser under a name that’s already trademarked.

The clash captures the intersection of AI and IP with billions of dollars at stake. It pits Comet ML, which serves enterprise customers like Cisco and Uber with complex engineering tools, versus Perplexity’s browser designed to compete with the likes of Chrome and Safari.

Comet ML, which says it’s used the “Comet” trademark since 2017 for its machine learning platform, wants ...