Tesla chair Robyn Denholm suffers initial loss in Wollemi v Wollemi dispute
A trademark dispute between Robyn Denholm's Wollemi Capital Group and former Macquarie Capital chief Tim Bishop’s climate tech VC firm Wollemi Capital over the words "Wollemi Capital" has ended in defeat for Denholm.
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm's family office Wollemi Capital Group has lost its dispute with former Macquarie Capital chief Tim Bishop’s climate tech VC firm Wollemi Capital over a trademark application linked to the word "Wollemi" and the phrase "Wollemi Capital."
In a decision on 12 June by IP Australia, which ended an almost two-year dispute between the funds, Bishop's Wollemi Capital won out after Denholm's fund failed to make its case.
Wollemi is an Indigenous word for Australia’s famed Jurassic era pines.
IP Australia's two line update to the case file noted "no ground of opposition established — both trade marks to proceed to registration".
Documents linked to the dispute seen by Capital Brief show Denholm's Wollemi Capital Group had argued her prominence bolstered her claim to the word.
