What is it with Companies in Europe

I read another crazy article that said a company in France was sueing Google because they provide their Google Map service for free.  The company provides map services and is having problems with the competition that free maps from Google is causing.  Do you think a company should be allowed to sue another because they give things away to everyone?  If it is such a problem why doesn’t the company provide a better product so that Google maps are not even in the same ball park as the companies maps.  It makes you wonder.