Perplexity AI Defeats Cybersquatting Claim in Trademark Suit

Perplexity AI Inc. won dismissal of a cybersquatting claim brought by a similarly-named software company that’s accused the $14 billion firm of trademark infringement.

Perplexity Solved Solutions Inc. failed to plausibly allege Perplexity AI acted with bad faith intent to profit from the “perplexity” trademark when registering its website domain, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in a Monday order in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The allegation that Perplexity AI offered to buy the trademark “plausibly supports an inference Defendant believed its mark is similar to Plaintiff’s mark,” but “it does not plausibly support an ...