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TVJ - RTC Decision

The document is a legal decision regarding a complaint filed by plaintiffs Vicente 'Tito' Castelo Sotto III, Marvic 'Vic' Castelo Sotto, Jose Ma. 'Joey' Ramos De Leon, and Jeny Perea Ferre against Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and GMA Network, Inc. for copyright infringement and unfair competition. The plaintiffs are known hosts of the long-running noontime show 'Eat Bulaga,' which began airing in 1979. The case involves claims related to the creation and competition of television shows in the Philippines.

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TVJ - RTC Decision

The document is a legal decision regarding a complaint filed by plaintiffs Vicente 'Tito' Castelo Sotto III, Marvic 'Vic' Castelo Sotto, Jose Ma. 'Joey' Ramos De Leon, and Jeny Perea Ferre against Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and GMA Network, Inc. for copyright infringement and unfair competition. The plaintiffs are known hosts of the long-running noontime show 'Eat Bulaga,' which began airing in 1979. The case involves claims related to the creation and competition of television shows in the Philippines.

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JENY PEREA FERRE, VICENTE


"TITO" CASTELO SOTTO III,
MARVIC "VIC" CASTELO SOTTO,
AND JOSE MA. "JOEY" RAMOS DE sec Case No. 2023-37-MK
LEON, For: Copyright Infringement
Plaintiffs, and Unfair Competition
under Republic Act No.
-versus- 8293 otherwise known
as the Intellectual
TELEVISION AND PRODUCTION Property Code of the
EXPONENTS, INC., AND GMA Philippines, with
NETWORK, INC., Application for Issuance
Defendants, of a Writ of Preliminary
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x Injunction

DECISION
This is a complaint filed by plaintiffs Vicente "Tito" Castelo
Sotto III (Tito), Marvic "Vic" Castelo Sotto ( Vic), Jose Ma. "Joey"
Ramos De Leon (Joey), and Jeny Perea Ferre (Jeny) for unfair
competition and copyright infringement against defendants
Television and Production Exponents, Inc. (TAPE) and GMA Network,
Inc. (GMA).

Plaintiffs Tito, Vic and Joey were hosts of the famous television
noontime show Eat Bulaga since its maiden airing on 30 July 1979.

Prior to that, Antonio Tuviera (Tuviera) approached Tito, Vic


and Joey to convince them to create a noontime show that will
compete with the then top-rating noontime show in Channel 9,
"Student Canteen".

Plaintiffs Tito, Vic and Joey were seasoned TV personalities


having previously come from a gag show "OK Lang'' which aired in
Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation (IBC 13).

When IBC 13 was bought by Roberto Benedicto, OK Lang was


not made part of the acquisition. Joey, thus, became part of the show
"Discorama" which aired in GMA 7.

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