Tito Sotto. Image: Eat Bulaga/Facebook Days before Television and Production Exponents (TAPE) Inc. obtained a renewal of 'Eat Bulaga's trademark registration, former Senator Tito Sotto was barred from taking the witness stand before the Marikina Regional Trial Court, which is hearing the copyright infringement and unfair competition charges lodged against the production outfit and GMA Network Inc. During a recent hearing, Sotto was called to the stand by their lawyer to testify on their application for the writ of preliminary injunction (WPI), but a TAPE counsel opposed his testimony on the stand on two grounds — first, that Sotto did not previously submit a judicial affidavit (JA), and only a plain affidavit; and second, he was not excluded during the testimony of another plaintiff, Joey de Leon.

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