PHM-Exch> South Korean IP activist Heesob passed away, 10 May 2020

[Amitava Guha]

Sorry to find an active IP fighter has left us.

On Wed, 12 May, 2021, 10:38 am 김선, <sunkim at health.re.kr> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> It is our deepest sorrow that our colleague Heesob Nam (1966-2021), a
> South Korean IP activist, passed away today 10 May 2020.
>
> I believe many of you have been his longstanding friends or colleagues.
>
> He had lived with cancer for the last several years but worked even harder
> and more passionate to reform the IP regime locally and globally. During
> the last months, he drafted the resolution supporting the TRIPS waiver
> proposal and the patent law amendment for the Korean National Assembly and
> mobilized legislators to propose these. He had also organized series of
> webinars on the political economy of TRIPS and TRIPS-plus in the COVID-19
> era to which some of you had been invited.
>
> He was a legendary IP activist, with a tireless drive for social change.
> It is our great loss.
> We will continue the movement that Heesob helped to chart.
>
> Sun Kim
> On behalf of South Korean civil society
>
> Heesob Nam (1966-2021) Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/heeseob.nam>
> Twitter <https://twitter.com/heesob>
> Representative and chief researcher, Knowledge Commune
> <http://knowledgecommune.net/>
> Director, Commons Foundation
> Former Director, Opennet
> Former Director, IPLeft
> Took lead in the movement for anti-KORUS FTA and anti-RCEP
> Took lead in the CL application for access to Gleevec and access to Fuzeon
>
> ---
> 김선, 보건경제학박사
> 시민건강연구소 건강정책연구센터장
> 민중건강운동 동남아시아태평양 지역 코디네이터
>
> Sun Kim, M.S., Ph.D.
> Director, Health Policy Research Center, People's Health Institute (PHI)
> South Korea
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