E.A.T. is now Eat Bulaga! 

After almost eight months, television hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey De Leon sang the theme song of their noontime program "Eat Bulaga" once again on Saturday, Jan. 6.

Wearing red shirts with "Eat Bulaga!' prints, Tito, Vic, and Joey happily sang the theme song with the other co-hosts of the popular noontime show on TV5, also being aired on CNN Philippines.

This happened after the Marikina City regional trial court upheld that TVJ owned "Eat Bulaga" and "EB" trademarks.

"Magandang simula ito sa pagharap sa ating bagong taon," said Tito at the start of the show.

Vic said: "Eto naman po ay hindi laban sa pamagat o title. Laban po ito para sa programang minahal namin at minahal ninyong lahat. Sa naging decision ng korte, makakapagpatuloy pa rin naman ang lahat sa paghahatid ng kasayahan sa mga manonood sa patas at payapang paraan."

On May 31, 2023, TVJ and other show members bid goodbye to their legions of fans on GMA Network following issues with the new management of TAPE Inc., producer of the longest-running noontime program.

On June 7, 2023, MediaQuest announced that TVJ found a new home on TV5. But the show started to air live on the Kapatid Network under "E.A.T." on July 7.

Witb the court's ruling, TVJ can no use the "Eat Bulaga" title and its theme song.

TVJ stated on Facebook on Jan. 5:

"After a rigorous proceeding that lasted five months, TVJ emerged victorious in its copyright infringement and unfair competition case against Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE) and GMA-7.

"In a Decision dated Dec. 22, 2023, received by TVJ’s lawyers from DivinaLaw on Jan. 5, 2024, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 273 of Marikina City granted TVJ’s Complaint against TAPE. As such, the court prohibited TAPE and GMA from using the trademarks “EB” and “Eat Bulaga,” the Eat Bulaga jingle, from its shows.

"With the court’s ruling, TVJ can now use the trademarks and jingles in its shows.

"The RTC found that Joey de Leon created the trademark “Eat Bulaga,” having found that TAPE failed to categorically deny De Leon’s claim that he was the one who formulated it. 

"Said the court: “In view of defendant TAPE's failure to make a categorical and specific denial of the claim of Joey that he coined, formulated, and worded the title Eat Bulaga including the specific explanation how such a portmanteau was created, given the millions of words in the dictionary, the court, therefore, rules that plaintiffs have successfully proved and established, by preponderance of evidence, that Joey and his co-plaintiffs Tito and Vic should be credited with the formulation and creation of the mark Eat Bulaga.”

"Under the 2020 Revised Rules of Procedure for Intellectual Property Rights Cases, any order issued by the court is immediately executory. This means the RTC’s ruling will be enforced even if TAPE or GMA files an appeal."