CURO AS is an intellectual property law firm founded in 1970 by Mr. Reiel folven (1941-2014) in the region of Trondheim in central Norway.

Curo AS can assist you in protecting your inventions/products by patent, trademark or design, which gives you exclusive rights in the market. We also perform preliminary examinations, e.g., patent search, at different stages in product development and innovation, including assessment of risk of infringement, and monitoring of patents and patent applications, as well as design or trademarks.

We have juridical experience and can give advice concerning intellectual property rights, e.g. patenting, copyright, piracy, infringement and conflicts about copyright, including law suits.

A Norwegian patent, design and/or trademark application can be filed abroad, e.g. as a PCT application through WIPO. Three of our patent attorneys are certified and skilled European Patent Attorneys that can represent our clients directly in front of the European Patent Office (EPO). Our network of international law firms is worldwide, and we are able to assist you in filing and handling patent, trademark and design application worldwide. This simplifies your expansion to international markets.

Our head office is located at Tiller in Trondheim. We also have an office at Kjeller adjacent to Oslo.

Our staff


Erland Smemo

Erland Smemo

CEO/European Patent Attorney

Address: Vestre Rosten 81, 7075 Tiller
E-mail: curo@curo.no
Phone: +47 7285 7300

Primary technical field: Electric systems. Employed since 2004. Partner

Per G. Berg

Per G. Berg

Partner/European Patent Attorney

Address: Gunnar Randers vei 24, 2007 Kjeller
E-mail: curo@curo.no
Pnone: +47 7285 7300

Primary technical field: Chemical engineering. Employed since 1998. Partner

Thor Sæther

Thor Sæther

Partner/European Patent Attorney

Address: Vestre Rosten 81, 7075 Tiller
E-mail: curo@curo.no
Phone: +47 7285 7300

Primary technical field: Chemical engineering, computer science. Employed 1989-1998, from 2007 – Partner

Marit Soknes

Marit Soknes

Trademark and design specialist

Address: Vestre Rosten 81, 7075 Tiller
E-mail: curo@curo.no
Phone: +47 7285 7300

Employed since 1983

Ferdinand Männle

Ferdinand Männle

Patent Attorney

Address: Gunnar Randers vei 24, 2007 Kjeller
E-mail: curo@curo.no
Phone: +47 7285 7300

Primary technical field: Chemical engineering. Employed since 2018.

Ingrid Evjen

Ingrid Evjen

Switchboard, renewals

Address: Vestre Rosten 81, 7075 Tiller
E-mail: curo@curo.no
Phone: +47 7285 7300

Employed since 2013