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Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesFind Drivers →Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) reportedly annulled a Charlie Brown Jr. trademark registration on 25 November 2025, undoing the shared registration associated with Chorão’s son, Alexandre Abrão, and widow, Graziela Gonçalves. News reports say the ruling followed a challenge by Peanuts Worldwide and restored Peanuts’ exclusive position. The decision concerns trademark registration; it does not, by itself, settle every dispute over the band’s estate, performances, recordings or legacy.
What INPI reportedly decided
Reports by CNN Brasil and UOL say INPI declared the challenged registration administratively null on 25 November 2025. The registration had been described in news coverage as a shared arrangement involving Abrão and Peanuts Worldwide. Peanuts later challenged it and said it had not authorized use of the Charlie Brown Jr. name in Brazil. CNN Brasil’s report attributes the outcome and legal reasoning to INPI; UOL’s coverage also reports the nullity decision.
The underlying INPI decision was not available for direct review, and the available reporting does not establish whether an appeal or later review has changed the result. It is therefore safest to describe this as the reported administrative decision, rather than claim that every possible challenge is definitively over.
Why the registration was challenged
CNN Brasil reports that INPI relied on Article 124 XVII of Brazil’s Industrial Property Law, Law 9,279/1996. As quoted in the report, the rule bars registration of a literary, artistic or scientific work—or a copyright-protected title likely to cause confusion or association—without the author’s or rights holder’s consent. That is the reported basis for the decision; the full administrative ruling was not retrieved.
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CNN also reports that Abrão’s defense said he had been deceived by someone claiming to represent Peanuts and acknowledged that the authorization document was not genuine. This is the defense’s account, not an independently established finding that Abrão committed fraud.
How this differs from the inheritance settlement
The trademark proceeding is separate from the family’s estate arrangements. UOL reports that a 2024 court order connected to the inheritance settlement led to Graziela’s cotitularity in band-related rights. It describes a 55%/45% division of image and band-product rights between Abrão and Graziela. Those reported percentages concern the settlement described in that coverage; they should not be read as a final division of all trademark rights or as overriding Peanuts’ claim to the mark.
Chorão, the band’s frontman, died in 2013. The group was active from 1992 to 2013, according to the news reports. The family’s estate interests and a trademark registration are related to the band’s commercial identity, but they are not the same legal question.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Does the ruling ban shows or settle other band disputes?
Not on the evidence available. INPI’s reported action concerns registration of the mark. Separate litigation involving former members Marcão Britto and Thiago Castanho has addressed performance, promotion and other band-related claims. UOL describes questions about performances and promotional use as contested; a court-document excerpt also refers to requests involving social-media accounts and marks. Those reports do not establish every current procedural outcome.
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So the INPI decision should not be treated as a ruling that automatically bans every performance using the band’s name, or as a judgment settling ownership of recordings, compositions, image rights or all aspects of the band’s legacy. Those issues may depend on separate agreements, claims and court decisions.
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What is known—and what remains uncertain
- Reported: INPI declared the challenged registration null on 25 November 2025, following Peanuts Worldwide’s challenge.
- Reported legal basis: CNN Brasil attributes the reasoning to Article 124 XVII of Law 9,279/1996 and quotes INPI’s explanation about copyright-protected works or titles.
- Separate proceeding: Graziela’s reported cotitularity arose from an estate-related court order, not from the later INPI nullity decision.
- Unclear from the available reports: whether the INPI decision has been appealed or otherwise reviewed, and the current status of the separate civil litigation.
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