diff --git a/services/project_service/src/java/main/com/topcoder/service/project/impl/ProjectServiceBean.java b/services/project_service/src/java/main/com/topcoder/service/project/impl/ProjectServiceBean.java
index e82233f79..c28ec8cc6 100644
--- a/services/project_service/src/java/main/com/topcoder/service/project/impl/ProjectServiceBean.java
+++ b/services/project_service/src/java/main/com/topcoder/service/project/impl/ProjectServiceBean.java
@@ -1996,8 +1996,6 @@ private void checkProjectData(ProjectData projectData, boolean isCreate) throws
             throw logException(new IllegalArgumentFault("The name attribute of the project data can not be null."));
         } else if (name.trim().length() == 0) {
             throw logException(new IllegalArgumentFault("The name attribute of the project data can not be empty."));
-        } else if (!Pattern.matches(NAME_PATTERN, name)) {
-            throw logException(new IllegalArgumentFault("The name attribute of the project data is not following pattern as - " + NAME_PATTERN));
         }
 
         String description = projectData.getDescription();
@@ -2005,8 +2003,6 @@ private void checkProjectData(ProjectData projectData, boolean isCreate) throws
             throw logException(new IllegalArgumentFault("The description attribute of the project data can not be null."));
         } else if (description.trim().length() == 0) {
             throw logException(new IllegalArgumentFault("The description attribute of the project data can not be empty."));
-        } else if (!Pattern.matches(NAME_PATTERN, description)) {
-            throw logException(new IllegalArgumentFault("The description attribute of the project data is not following pattern as - " + NAME_PATTERN));
         }
         
         //added in version 2.2
diff --git a/src/web/scripts/common.js b/src/web/scripts/common.js
index 93ae9321e..8c5247d83 100644
--- a/src/web/scripts/common.js
+++ b/src/web/scripts/common.js
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ function limitContestProjectNameChars(maxChars) {
         var textArea = $(this);
         var content = textArea.val();
         var invalid = false;
-        if (content.search(invalidCharsRegExp, '') > -1) {
-            invalid = true;
-        }
         if (content.length <= maxChars && !invalid) {
             ori = content;
         }