diff --git a/cyclonedx/model/contact.py b/cyclonedx/model/contact.py
index 91f612f9..8407f7d8 100644
--- a/cyclonedx/model/contact.py
+++ b/cyclonedx/model/contact.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class OrganizationalEntity:
     def __init__(self, *, name: Optional[str] = None, urls: Optional[Iterable[XsUri]] = None,
                  contacts: Optional[Iterable[OrganizationalContact]] = None,
                  address: Optional[PostalAddress] = None) -> None:
-        if not name and not urls and not contacts:
+        if name is None and not urls and not contacts:
             raise NoPropertiesProvidedException(
                 'One of name, urls or contacts must be supplied for an OrganizationalEntity - none supplied.'
             )
diff --git a/tests/_data/own/json/1.4/empty_supplier.json b/tests/_data/own/json/1.4/empty_supplier.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbcfc02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_data/own/json/1.4/empty_supplier.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-1.4.schema.json",
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "specVersion": "1.4",
+  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:fa1bcbf6-686e-44d7-b9e0-df9baeef5715",
+  "version": 1337,
+  "metadata": {
+    "supplier": {
+      "name": ""
+    },
+    "component": {
+      "type": "file",
+      "name": "regression issue #600",
+      "supplier": {
+        "name": ""
+      },
+      "externalReferences": [
+        {
+          "type": "other",
+          "url": "https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/issues/600"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_deserialize_json.py b/tests/test_deserialize_json.py
index c85664b0..9c5ad40e 100644
--- a/tests/test_deserialize_json.py
+++ b/tests/test_deserialize_json.py
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ def test_prepared(self, get_bom: Callable[[], Bom], *_: Any, **__: Any) -> None:
         self.assertBomDeepEqual(expected, bom,
                                 fuzzy_deps=get_bom in all_get_bom_funct_with_incomplete_deps)
 
+    def test_empty_supplier(self) -> None:
+        """Regression for issue #600
+        See: https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/issues/600
+        """
+        json_file = join(OWN_DATA_DIRECTORY, 'json', '1.4', 'empty_supplier.json')
+        with open(json_file) as f:
+            json = json_loads(f.read())
+        bom = Bom.from_json(json)
+        self.assertIsInstance(bom, Bom)
+
     @data(SchemaVersion.V1_4, SchemaVersion.V1_3, SchemaVersion.V1_2)
     def test_mixed_licenses_before15(self, sv: SchemaVersion) -> None:
         # before CDX 1.5 it was allowed to mix `expression` and `license`