diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 21ce1ff7282d..8e315fb77e76 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ function shallowCopy(src, dst) {
   for(var key in src) {
     // shallowCopy is only ever called by $compile nodeLinkFn, which has control over src
     // so we don't need to worry about using our custom hasOwnProperty here
-    if (src.hasOwnProperty(key) && key.charAt(0) !== '$' && key.charAt(1) !== '$') {
+    if (src.hasOwnProperty(key) && !(key.charAt(0) === '$' && key.charAt(1) === '$')) {
       dst[key] = src[key];
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/ngResource/resource.js b/src/ngResource/resource.js
index 055f089023ad..1ab31bf55609 100644
--- a/src/ngResource/resource.js
+++ b/src/ngResource/resource.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function shallowClearAndCopy(src, dst) {
   });
 
   for (var key in src) {
-    if (src.hasOwnProperty(key) && key.charAt(0) !== '$' && key.charAt(1) !== '$') {
+    if (src.hasOwnProperty(key) && !(key.charAt(0) === '$' && key.charAt(1) === '$')) {
       dst[key] = src[key];
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index 7fe65f4c8051..117e8fb0a39f 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(copy.key).toBe(original.key);
     });
 
-    it('should not copy $$ properties nor prototype properties', function() {
+    it('should omit "$$"-prefixed properties', function() {
       var original = {$$some: true, $$: true};
       var clone = {};
 
@@ -198,6 +198,27 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(clone.$$some).toBeUndefined();
       expect(clone.$$).toBeUndefined();
     });
+
+    it('should copy "$"-prefixed properties from copy', function() {
+      var original = {$some: true};
+      var clone = {};
+
+      expect(shallowCopy(original, clone)).toBe(clone);
+      expect(clone.$some).toBe(original.$some);
+    });
+
+    it('should omit properties from prototype chain', function() {
+      var original, clone = {};
+      function Func() {};
+      Func.prototype.hello = "world";
+
+      original = new Func();
+      original.goodbye = "world";
+
+      expect(shallowCopy(original, clone)).toBe(clone);
+      expect(clone.hello).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(clone.goodbye).toBe("world");
+    });
   });
 
   describe('elementHTML', function() {
diff --git a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
index 08c27a0f715b..1c0b73b9d158 100644
--- a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
@@ -94,6 +94,49 @@ describe("resource", function() {
   });
 
 
+  describe('shallow copy', function() {
+    it('should make a copy', function() {
+      var original = {key:{}};
+      var copy = shallowClearAndCopy(original);
+      expect(copy).toEqual(original);
+      expect(copy.key).toBe(original.key);
+    });
+
+
+    it('should omit "$$"-prefixed properties', function() {
+      var original = {$$some: true, $$: true};
+      var clone = {};
+
+      expect(shallowClearAndCopy(original, clone)).toBe(clone);
+      expect(clone.$$some).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(clone.$$).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+
+    it('should copy "$"-prefixed properties from copy', function() {
+      var original = {$some: true};
+      var clone = {};
+
+      expect(shallowClearAndCopy(original, clone)).toBe(clone);
+      expect(clone.$some).toBe(original.$some);
+    });
+
+
+    it('should omit properties from prototype chain', function() {
+      var original, clone = {};
+      function Func() {};
+      Func.prototype.hello = "world";
+
+      original = new Func();
+      original.goodbye = "world";
+
+      expect(shallowClearAndCopy(original, clone)).toBe(clone);
+      expect(clone.hello).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(clone.goodbye).toBe("world");
+    });
+  });
+
+
   it('should default to empty parameters', function() {
     $httpBackend.expect('GET', 'URL').respond({});
     $resource('URL').query();