Consumers will lose even more in the long term if France, and other nations, continue to strip away the intellectual property rights of companies like Apple. Once governments force companies to give away their innovations, their intellectual property rights there will no longer be an incentive to create new products that will benefit consumers. |
The vote today by French lawmakers is a direct attack on Apple's ability to design its own products and on the company's intellectual property rights, which will have a chilling effect on future innovation. |