diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 9f9c942e64..fb4b6a9493 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Fixed bug 1618858 - PMD no longer raises an exception on XPath like '//ConditionalExpression//ConditionalExpression'
 Fixed bug 1626232 - Commons logging rules (ProperLogger and UseCorrectExceptionLogging) now catch more cases
 Fixed bug 1626201 - BrokenNullCheck now catches more cases
+Applied patch 1612455 - RFE 1411022 CompareObjectsWithEquals now catches the case where comparison is against new Object
 
 December 19, 2006 - 3.9:
 New rules:
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml
index bb387628b9..76996181a3 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/xml/CompareObjectsWithEquals.xml
@@ -109,4 +109,19 @@ public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+Comparing against new object should always return false
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+ void bar(Date aDate) {
+    if ( aDate == new Date( 0 ) ) {
+    }
+ }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+}
 </test-data>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/CompareObjectsWithEquals.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/CompareObjectsWithEquals.java
index 0906e50f46..aa4025af9e 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/CompareObjectsWithEquals.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/design/CompareObjectsWithEquals.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.design;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractRule;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTAllocationExpression;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTEqualityExpression;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTInitializer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTName;
@@ -14,7 +15,25 @@ public class CompareObjectsWithEquals extends AbstractRule {
         return n.jjtGetNumChildren() > 0 && n.jjtGetChild(0) instanceof ASTName;
     }
     
+    /**
+	 * Indicate whether this node is allocating a new object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param n
+	 *            node that might be allocating a new object
+	 * @return true if child 0 is an AllocationExpression
+	 */
+	private boolean isAllocation(Node n) {
+		return n.jjtGetNumChildren() > 0 && n.jjtGetChild(0) instanceof ASTAllocationExpression;
+	}
+        
     public Object visit(ASTEqualityExpression node, Object data) {
+        // If either side is allocating a new object, there's no way an
+		// equals expression is correct
+		if (isAllocation(node.jjtGetChild(0).jjtGetChild(0)) || isAllocation(node.jjtGetChild(1).jjtGetChild(0))) {
+			addViolation(data, node);
+			return data;
+		}
+    	      
         // skip if either child is not a simple name
         if (!hasName(((SimpleNode) node.jjtGetChild(0)).jjtGetChild(0)) || !hasName(((SimpleNode) node.jjtGetChild(1)).jjtGetChild(0))) {
             return data;
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml b/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
index 0acf3d339e..6247619f56 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <ul>
             <li>Ryan Gustafson - Patch to add more annotation suppression tests, patch to fix bug in AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor, patch to add "ref" overrides to RuleSetFactory, patch to fix JDK 1.3 incompatibilities in PMD 2.0, patch to support classpaths with spaces in pmd.bat, patch to fix controversial/DefaultPackage XPath rule</li>
             <li>Lukas Theussl - Patch to bring Maven configuration files up to date</li>
-            <li>Jason Bennett - Rewrite of annotation-based warning suppression to allow for rule-specific suppression, noticed useless line in XSLT scripts, fix for UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn, wrote NPathComplexity rule, patches to improve CyclomaticComplexity rule, Implemented: UseCollectionIsEmpty, NcssTypeCount, NcssMethodCount, NcssConstructor</li>
+            <li>Jason Bennett - Rewrite of annotation-based warning suppression to allow for rule-specific suppression, noticed useless line in XSLT scripts, fix for UnnecessaryLocalBeforeReturn, wrote NPathComplexity rule, patches to improve CyclomaticComplexity rule, Implemented: UseCollectionIsEmpty, NcssTypeCount, NcssMethodCount, NcssConstructor, Patch to detect comparison with new Object</li>
             <li>Brent Fisher - Fixed report backslash bug, SummaryHTML report improvements</li>
             <li>Thomas Leplus - Rewrote UselessStringValueOf</li>
             <li>Larry Brigman - Reported symlink bug in CPD</li>