The court sided with Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon (TVJ) in the Eat Bulaga copyright case against Television and Productuon Exponents Inc.(TAPE) and GMA Network.
According to reports, the Marikina Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 273 granted the petition of TVJ on its copyright case.
In the decision dated December 22, 2023, the RTC ordered TAPE and GMA to stop using the trademarks “EB,” “Eat Bulaga” and the Eat Bulaga jingle in its shows.
Further reports say that TAPE and GMA were also restricted from using playbacks of any recorded episodes of the show prior to May 31, 2023.
TVJ resigned from TAPE in May 2023. Along with some other regular hosts of the show, they eventually signed with Mediaquest Group, transferring to TV5.
