Samsung Seeks to Register ‘NewPace’ Trademark for Newly Acquired RCS Supplier

Samsung applied Dec. 15 to register the trademark “NewPace Communications Inc.” as a supplier of rich communications services (RCS) technology, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records show. Samsung recently acquired NewNet Communications Technologies, a provider of RCS infrastructure and services that was known as NewPace before it was bought by Skyview Capital, said a Nov. 15 announcement. With RCS, consumers will “benefit from an advanced messaging experience with features such as enhanced calling, group chat, and the ability to easily share and transfer large files including multimedia and high-resolution photos,” the announcement said. Sprint recently became the first carrier to deploy upgraded text messaging through an RCS-based offering developed by Google (see 1611040021).