diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
index 8b49e92d..24b5d56b 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
@@ -519,5 +519,42 @@ Parameter name: arrayIndex")]
   ""o"": ""<div class='s1'>\r\n    <div class='avatar'>                    \r\n        <a href='asdf'>asdf</a><br />\r\n        <strong>0</strong>\r\n    </div>\r\n    <div class='sl'>\r\n        <p>\r\n            444444444\r\n        </p>\r\n    </div>\r\n    <div class='clear'>\r\n    </div>                        \r\n</div>""
 }", o.ToString());
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void ImplicitValueConversions()
+    {
+      JObject moss = new JObject();
+      moss["FirstName"] = new JValue("Maurice");
+      moss["LastName"] = new JValue("Moss");
+      moss["BirthDate"] = new JValue(new DateTime(1977, 12, 30));
+      moss["Department"] = new JValue("IT");
+      moss["JobTitle"] = new JValue("Support");
+
+      Console.WriteLine(moss.ToString());
+      //{
+      //  "FirstName": "Maurice",
+      //  "LastName": "Moss",
+      //  "BirthDate": "\/Date(252241200000+1300)\/",
+      //  "Department": "IT",
+      //  "JobTitle": "Support"
+      //}
+
+
+      JObject jen = new JObject();
+      jen["FirstName"] = "Jen";
+      jen["LastName"] = "Barber";
+      jen["BirthDate"] = new DateTime(1978, 3, 15);
+      jen["Department"] = "IT";
+      jen["JobTitle"] = "Manager";
+
+      Console.WriteLine(jen.ToString());
+      //{
+      //  "FirstName": "Jen",
+      //  "LastName": "Barber",
+      //  "BirthDate": "\/Date(258721200000+1300)\/",
+      //  "Department": "IT",
+      //  "JobTitle": "Manager"
+      //}
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenTests.cs
index d258a734..c5afb059 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JTokenTests.cs
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Linq
       Assert.IsTrue(JToken.DeepEquals(new JValue(float.MaxValue), (JValue)(float?)float.MaxValue));
       Assert.IsTrue(JToken.DeepEquals(new JValue(double.MaxValue), (JValue)(double?)double.MaxValue));
       Assert.IsTrue(JToken.DeepEquals(new JValue((object)null), (JValue)(double?)null));
+
+      Assert.IsFalse(JToken.DeepEquals(new JValue((object)null), (JValue)(object)null));
     }
 
     [Test]
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/TypeNameHandlingTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/TypeNameHandlingTests.cs
index df1b0224..f661df44 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/TypeNameHandlingTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/TypeNameHandlingTests.cs
@@ -231,5 +231,59 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
         TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects
       });
     }
+
+    public interface ICorrelatedMessage
+    {
+      string CorrelationId { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class SendHttpRequest : ICorrelatedMessage
+    {
+      public SendHttpRequest()
+      {
+        RequestEncoding = "UTF-8";
+        Method = "GET";
+      }
+      public string Method { get; set; }
+      public Dictionary<string, string> Headers { get; set; }
+      public string Url { get; set; }
+      public Dictionary<string, string> RequestData;
+      public string RequestBodyText { get; set; }
+      public string User { get; set; }
+      public string Passwd { get; set; }
+      public string RequestEncoding { get; set; }
+      public string CorrelationId { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void DeserializeGenericTypeName()
+    {
+      string typeName = typeof(SendHttpRequest).AssemblyQualifiedName;
+
+      string json = @"{
+""$type"": """ + typeName + @""",
+""RequestData"": {
+""$type"": ""System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[[System.String, mscorlib,Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]], mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"",
+""Id"": ""siedemnaście"",
+""X"": ""323""
+},
+""Method"": ""GET"",
+""Url"": ""http://www.onet.pl"",
+""RequestEncoding"": ""UTF-8"",
+""CorrelationId"": ""xyz""
+}";
+
+      ICorrelatedMessage message = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ICorrelatedMessage>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings
+        {
+          TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects
+        });
+
+      Assert.IsInstanceOfType(typeof(SendHttpRequest), message);
+
+      SendHttpRequest request = (SendHttpRequest) message;
+      Assert.AreEqual("xyz", request.CorrelationId);
+      Assert.AreEqual(2, request.RequestData.Count);
+      Assert.AreEqual("siedemnaście", request.RequestData["Id"]);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerReader.cs
index 1f3a5a5b..2007b9e3 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerReader.cs
@@ -223,19 +223,9 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
 
             if (_serializer.TypeNameHandling != TypeNameHandling.None)
             {
-              int delimiterIndex = qualifiedTypeName.IndexOf(',');
               string typeName;
               string assemblyName;
-              if (delimiterIndex != -1)
-              {
-                typeName = qualifiedTypeName.Substring(0, delimiterIndex).Trim();
-                assemblyName = qualifiedTypeName.Substring(delimiterIndex + 1, qualifiedTypeName.Length - delimiterIndex - 1).Trim();
-              }
-              else
-              {
-                typeName = qualifiedTypeName;
-                assemblyName = null;
-              }
+              ReflectionUtils.SplitFullyQualifiedTypeName(qualifiedTypeName, out typeName, out assemblyName);
 
               Type specifiedType;
               try
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs
index 6bb948ba..38417e1a 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Utilities/ReflectionUtils.cs
@@ -632,5 +632,48 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Utilities
        return match.Invoke(args);
 #endif
      }
+
+    public static void SplitFullyQualifiedTypeName(string fullyQualifiedTypeName, out string typeName, out string assemblyName)
+    {
+      int? assemblyDelimiterIndex = GetAssemblyDelimiterIndex(fullyQualifiedTypeName);
+
+      if (assemblyDelimiterIndex != null)
+      {
+        typeName = fullyQualifiedTypeName.Substring(0, assemblyDelimiterIndex.Value).Trim();
+        assemblyName = fullyQualifiedTypeName.Substring(assemblyDelimiterIndex.Value + 1, fullyQualifiedTypeName.Length - assemblyDelimiterIndex.Value - 1).Trim();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        typeName = fullyQualifiedTypeName;
+        assemblyName = null;
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    private static int? GetAssemblyDelimiterIndex(string fullyQualifiedTypeName)
+    {
+      // we need to get the first comma following all surrounded in brackets because of generic types
+      // e.g. System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[[System.String, mscorlib,Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.String, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]], mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
+      int scope = 0;
+      for (int i = 0; i < fullyQualifiedTypeName.Length; i++)
+      {
+        char current = fullyQualifiedTypeName[i];
+        switch (current)
+        {
+          case '[':
+            scope++;
+            break;
+          case ']':
+            scope--;
+            break;
+          case ',':
+            if (scope == 0)
+              return i;
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    }
   }
 }
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