The Scope of Software Patent Protection in the Digital Age: Evidence from Alice

The authors thank the senior editor, the associate editor, and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback throughout the review process. The authors also acknowledge feedback from presentations of this research at the 2020 Conference on Information Systems and Technology, the 2021 Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, Auburn University, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Southern University of Science and Technology, and the University of Minnesota.