diff --git a/src/Entity/Parts/Category.php b/src/Entity/Parts/Category.php
index 7fca81bc..22f8a3e4 100644
--- a/src/Entity/Parts/Category.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Parts/Category.php
@@ -208,6 +208,15 @@ class Category extends AbstractPartsContainingDBElement
         $this->eda_info = new EDACategoryInfo();
     }
 
+    public function __clone()
+    {
+        if ($this->id) {
+            //Clone EDA info to prevent changes to the original EDA info when changing the cloned category
+            $this->eda_info = clone $this->eda_info;
+        }
+        parent::__clone();
+    }
+
     public function getPartnameHint(): string
     {
         return $this->partname_hint;
diff --git a/src/Entity/Parts/Footprint.php b/src/Entity/Parts/Footprint.php
index 6b043562..3d8be686 100644
--- a/src/Entity/Parts/Footprint.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Parts/Footprint.php
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ class Footprint extends AbstractPartsContainingDBElement
         $this->eda_info = new EDAFootprintInfo();
     }
 
+    public function __clone()
+    {
+        if ($this->id) {
+            //Clone EDA info to prevent changes to the original EDA info when changing the cloned category
+            $this->eda_info = clone $this->eda_info;
+        }
+        parent::__clone();
+    }
+
     /****************************************
      * Getters
      ****************************************/