Elsevier’s New Patent for Online Peer Review Throws a Scare Into Open-Source Advocates - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"Given what he called Elsevier’s "protective business model," Mr. Werdmüller said he feared that the company would use the patent to prevent open-source or open-access journals from using similar methods. And that in turn, he said, "could erode the effectiveness of open-access journals." "