diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateCloneService.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateCloneService.java
index 1a5afb981..59b016b12 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateCloneService.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateCloneService.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ public class DossierTemplateCloneService {
 
     public DossierTemplateEntity cloneDossierTemplate(String dossierTemplateId, CloneDossierTemplateRequest cloneDossierTemplateRequest) {
 
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(cloneDossierTemplateRequest.getName())) {
+            throw new ConflictException("DossierTemplate name must be set");
+        }
+        dossierTemplatePersistenceService.validateDossierTemplate(cloneDossierTemplateRequest.getName(), cloneDossierTemplateRequest.getDescription());
         dossierTemplatePersistenceService.validateDossierTemplateNameIsUnique(cloneDossierTemplateRequest.getName());
 
         DossierTemplateEntity clonedDossierTemplate = new DossierTemplateEntity();
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/persistence/DossierTemplatePersistenceService.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/persistence/DossierTemplatePersistenceService.java
index 7b264650c..0187315f8 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/persistence/DossierTemplatePersistenceService.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/persistence/DossierTemplatePersistenceService.java
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ public class DossierTemplatePersistenceService {
 
     }
 
-    private void validateDossierTemplate(String name, String description) {
+    public void validateDossierTemplate(String name, String description) {
 
-        if (name.length() > MAX_NAME_LENGTH) {
+        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(name) && name.length() > MAX_NAME_LENGTH) {
             throw new BadRequestException(String.format("The name is too long (%s), max length %s", name.length(), MAX_NAME_LENGTH));
         }