Judge Orders 7 Studios to Give Scratch DJ the Source Code

Scratch DJ Game LLC, a joint venture between Genius Products, LLC (�Genius�) and Numark Industries LLC (�Numark�), announced today that the Los Angeles County Superior Court (�the Court�) has granted it a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against Activision Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) (�Activision�), and California 7 Studios (�7 Studios�) and former owner and president, Lewis Peterson.

The judge, following his issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order in favor of Scratch, on May 7, 2009 further granted a preliminary injunction against Activision�s subsidiary, 7 Studios, and ordered the turnover of all Work Product associated with Scratch � The Ultimate DJ game (�Scratch�), including all source code, work-in-progress and all Developer�s Pre-Existing Tool and Technology, including the source code to 7 Studio�s game engine. The Judge further confirmed in his injunction order that both 7 Studios and its new parent company Activision continue to be �walled off� from disclosing any aspect of the Scratch game or technology with each other or with any third party. The Court�s actions on May 7, 2009 dealt with the final materials relating to the game�s development that the defendant was still withholding, including the source code to 7 Studios� game engine and other Developer�s Pre-Existing Tools and Technology.

Activision bought financially distressed 7 Studios, which was a contract �work for hire� developer for Scratch � The Ultimate DJ game, after Scratch refused to sell Scratch - The Ultimate DJ to Activision in March. Thereafter, 7 Studios, under Activision�s control, refused to turn over the Scratch game code and attempted to prevent Scratch from obtaining the source code for the game engine. The Court found that Scratch has established a material breach of its Developer Agreement by 7 Studios and ordered that 7 Studios must turnover to Scratch all source code to the game engine and all other Developer�s Pre-Existing Tools and Technology.

Jack O�Donnell, Manager of Scratch and Chief Executive Officer of Numark, stated, �We are very excited to finish Scratch � The Ultimate DJ. We hope that this clear victory ends the delay tactics employed by the defendants to date to stop our game from being completed and brought to market. We will continue to vigorously pursue our damages case against Activision, 7 Studios and Peterson resulting from their actions to delay and take over the Scratch game. With the injunction order, we will also now be able to move forward to complete and launch our much anticipated Scratch game.�

About Genius Products

Genius Products, Inc. (GNPR.PK) is the owner of Genius Products, LLC, a leading independent home-entertainment distribution company that produces licenses and distributes a valuable library of motion pictures, television programming, family, lifestyle and trend entertainment on DVD and other emerging platforms through its expansive network of retailers throughout the U.S.

About Numark Industries

Numark Industries is the global leader of professional DJ and audio equipment, and is known for providing progressive breakthrough technology. Since 1971, Numark has designed and delivered hundreds of innovative DJ products, resulting in numerous music industry "firsts�. Today, the company is at the forefront of the digital DJ revolution, and is recognized for creating the best hardware controllers for professional and semi-professional DJ software in the industry. The team at Numark, under its Ion Audio division, has also enjoyed success in developing music gaming peripherals, having produced and distributed the award-winning Drum Rocker, the Premium Drum Set Controller for the Rock Band music game franchise. For more information, visit www.numark.com; images are available at http://www.numark.com/media.

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