You're not wrong, but what often happens is that new patents are acquired by the company as they research their golden goose further. The original patents may have expired, but Motorola almost certainly had a library of patents covering years of research and improvements in the field.

..it can be argued that Linux is gamings #1 platform already

...and normally appears to be the Government trying to force Microsoft to discount its licensed to the UK Government or invest in the latest boondoggle.

...and Custard!

GPS is quite good nowadays so navigation shouldn't be a problem at any altitude. A large drone would not have a big radar cross section if made of the right materials, which don't have to be super advanced. I suspect making the body out of something like Kevlar and shrouding the engine would go a long way to making an effective drugs drone. The main problem would be landing it, probably best achieved by manual control at the far end.

I think we should have all drugs legal, controlled and taxed, so that they can be part of the real economy instead of the black economy, as well as making problems such as addition a medical issue instead of a criminal one (to an extent)

I would guess the size of the drugs packages they have in mind would dwarf the capacity of anything but a proper Predator drone to carry.

Was this what Palin had in mind, one wonders? :-)

I wonder if he's gettin' kinda antsy?

I'm not sure, but I think if they've actually dispatched the goods at the agreed price, then the companies have no legal redress. If they find the error before dispatch, then they're perfectly entitled to correct the problem.

Apple owes taxes in the EU as it set up bases of operations in the EU, Ireland in particular as did Google. No one wants to put money back into the US as repatriating money would cause it to get taxed a shitload.

Whereas what they probably should have done is looked at making more of their Rovers out of aluminium

It's against the principle of free movement of goods and services. It has to be recognised however that companies such as Google and Amazon are causing serious concern due to their tax draining effects, but anyone referring the issue to the EU courts would win in a heartbeat.

Free movement of goods and services?

Well he probably has some Fourth Amendment rights, but if I recall he's a bit screwed because warrants were issued against him. Depends on how specific those warrants were, I suppose.