AT&T Knowledge Ventures

AT&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P. is the holding company used for AT&T, Inc.'s trademarks & intellectual property assets. Formerly known as SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., and, before 2004, SBC Properties, L.P., the trademark holding was formed in late 2001, when the SBC name was added to the beginning of the names of its telephone companies. AT&T KV always denotes any AT&T advertisement, website, etc. with "AT&T and the AT&T Logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries of AT&T, Inc. provide services under the AT&T name." AT&T Knowledge Ventures is a separate company of AT&T Intellectual Property, formerly BellSouth Intellectual Property.