Steven G. Saunders

As a high tech patent lawyer, Steven frequently handles complex investigations on behalf of clients, which ultimately demonstrate that their products do not infringe on third-party patents, or that the third-party patents are invalid. In addition, he often helps clients in designing around third-party patents.

Drawing on his scientific background, Steven focuses his practice across a wide range of technologies, including: 

• Medical devices, instrumentation, and laboratory equipment
• Electrical systems and electronics
• Computer hardware and software
• Cloud computing, networking, routing, and IoT
• Metrology
• Energy, including alternative energy
• High performance computing and graphics processing
• Integrated circuit design, including microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
• Semiconductor fabrication and related materials processing

An active participant in the angel investor community, Steven hears dozens of presentations from early stage entrepreneurs annually as a member of both Hub Angels Investment Group and Launchpad Ventures. Steven also has been an advisory board member of numerous start-up companies, where he provided counsel on management strategy and assisted in raising capital from other angel investors and venture capitalists.

A leader in the legal industry, Steven has been involved in numerous professional organizations and activities:

• Boston University, adjunct faculty/visiting lecturer
• MIT 100K Business Plan Competition, judge and mentor
• MIT Venture Mentor Service
• MIT Sandbox Mentor
• Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
• MIT Delta V program, mentor
• Massachusetts Innovation Network and New England Innovation Program, mentor
• MassVentures, START Reviewer
• Harvard Club Entrepreneurs’ Roundtable, co-manager
• Coulter Foundation Committee, Boston University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, guest lecturer
• Boston University Ignition Award Program, board member
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Boston Bar Association, member, committee chair, and guest speaker
• Boston Patent Law Association, member and guest speaker
• Tau Beta Pi (the oldest engineering honor society in the United States), lifetime member

Prior to joining Nutter, Steven was a partner at a New England-based intellectual property law firm.