diff --git a/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/funTest/kotlin/CycloneDxReporterFunTest.kt b/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/funTest/kotlin/CycloneDxReporterFunTest.kt
index 640e46c8f790c..37089576c5ee6 100644
--- a/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/funTest/kotlin/CycloneDxReporterFunTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/funTest/kotlin/CycloneDxReporterFunTest.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.OrtResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.plugins.api.PluginConfig
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.plugins.reporters.cyclonedx.CycloneDxReporter.Companion.REPORT_BASE_FILENAME
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.reporter.ORT_RESULT
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.reporter.ORT_RESULT_WITH_ILLEGAL_COPYRIGHTS
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.reporter.ORT_RESULT_WITH_VULNERABILITIES
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.reporter.ReporterInput
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.Options
@@ -99,6 +100,18 @@ class CycloneDxReporterFunTest : WordSpec({
             }
         }
 
+        "the expected XML file even if some copyrights contain non printable characters" {
+            val jsonOptions = optionSingle + mapOf("output.file.formats" to "xml")
+            val bomFileResults = CycloneDxReporter().generateReport(ORT_RESULT_WITH_ILLEGAL_COPYRIGHTS, jsonOptions)
+
+            bomFileResults.shouldBeSingleton {
+                it shouldBeSuccess { bomFile ->
+                    bomFile shouldBe aFile()
+                    bomFile shouldNotBe emptyFile()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         "be valid JSON according to schema version $defaultSchemaVersion" {
             val jsonOptions = optionSingle + mapOf("output.file.formats" to "json")
 
diff --git a/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt b/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt
index dd3342dc98a4c..2ac8834e502f1 100644
--- a/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt
+++ b/plugins/reporters/cyclonedx/src/main/kotlin/CycloneDxReporter.kt
@@ -372,7 +372,13 @@ class CycloneDxReporter(
 
             // TODO: Find a way to associate copyrights to the license they belong to, see
             //       https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-core-java/issues/58
-            copyright = resolvedLicenseInfo.getCopyrights().joinToString().takeUnless { it.isEmpty() }
+
+
+            copyright = resolvedLicenseInfo.getCopyrights().joinToString {
+                it.toCharArray().filterNot { character ->
+                    character.isIdentifierIgnorable()
+                }.joinToString("")
+            }
 
             purl = pkg.purl + purlQualifier
             isModified = pkg.isModified
diff --git a/reporter/src/testFixtures/kotlin/TestData.kt b/reporter/src/testFixtures/kotlin/TestData.kt
index 946505cc845dc..3af2603c87097 100644
--- a/reporter/src/testFixtures/kotlin/TestData.kt
+++ b/reporter/src/testFixtures/kotlin/TestData.kt
@@ -427,4 +427,31 @@ val ADVISOR_WITH_VULNERABILITIES = AdvisorRun(
     )
 )
 
+val SCANNER_WITH_ILLEGAL_COPYRIGHTS = scannerRunOf(
+    Identifier("NPM:@ort:no-license-file:1.0") to listOf(
+        ScanResult(
+            provenance = UnknownProvenance,
+            scanner = ScannerDetails(name = "scanner", version = "1.0", configuration = ""),
+            summary = ScanSummary.EMPTY.copy(
+                licenseFindings = setOf(
+                    LicenseFinding(
+                        license = "MIT",
+                        location = TextLocation("file", 1)
+                    )
+                ),
+                copyrightFindings = setOf(
+                    CopyrightFinding(
+                        statement = "Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (c) 2002 the Initial " +
+                            "Developer, holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com), Objc, (c) Objv, " +
+                            "\u0002 \u0002 \u0001A\u0002\u0002\u0001o\u0002\u0012 AB, Copyright (c)",
+                        location = TextLocation("file", 1)
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+        )
+    )
+)
+
 val ORT_RESULT_WITH_VULNERABILITIES = ORT_RESULT.copy(advisor = ADVISOR_WITH_VULNERABILITIES)
+
+val ORT_RESULT_WITH_ILLEGAL_COPYRIGHTS = ORT_RESULT.copy(scanner = SCANNER_WITH_ILLEGAL_COPYRIGHTS)