 Greece claims the Vergina Sun as an exclusive national state symbol and lodged a claim for trademark protection of it with the WIPO in 1995.The draft law required use of the symbol to be banned from use in the Macedonian president’s office, events organized under state administration, public Macedonian institutions or political parties, NGOs, media, as well as individuals in the Republic of Macedonia.However, the draft was rejected in December 2013 by the VMRO-DPMNE-led majority of the Macedonian Parliament.