diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/ffn_impl.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/ffn_impl.hpp
index e11b624cc8..703e67d459 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/ffn_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/ffn_impl.hpp
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ FFN<OutputLayerType, InitializationRuleType, CustomLayers...>::FFN(
   {
     this->network.push_back(boost::apply_visitor(copyVisitor,
         network.network[i]));
+    boost::apply_visitor(resetVisitor, this->network.back());
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear.hpp
index b34a462d99..1930181654 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ class Linear
          const size_t outSize,
          RegularizerType regularizer = RegularizerType());
 
+  //! Copy constructor.
+  Linear(const Linear& layer);
+
+  //! Move constructor.
+  Linear(Linear&&);
+
+  //! Copy assignment operator.
+  Linear& operator=(const Linear& layer);
+
+  //! Move assignment operator.
+  Linear& operator=(Linear&& layer);
+
   /*
    * Reset the layer parameter.
    */
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear_impl.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear_impl.hpp
index 22caf180f9..79799fea98 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/linear_impl.hpp
@@ -41,6 +41,62 @@ Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::Linear(
   weights.set_size(outSize * inSize + outSize, 1);
 }
 
+template<typename InputDataType, typename OutputDataType,
+    typename RegularizerType>
+Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::Linear(
+    const Linear& layer) :
+    inSize(layer.inSize),
+    outSize(layer.outSize),
+    weights(layer.weights),
+    regularizer(layer.regularizer)
+{
+  // Nothing to do here.
+}
+
+template<typename InputDataType, typename OutputDataType,
+    typename RegularizerType>
+Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::Linear(
+    Linear&& layer) :
+    inSize(0),
+    outSize(0),
+    weights(std::move(layer.weights)),
+    regularizer(std::move(layer.regularizer))
+{
+  // Nothing to do here.
+}
+
+template<typename InputDataType, typename OutputDataType,
+    typename RegularizerType>
+Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>&
+Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::
+operator=(const Linear& layer)
+{ 
+  if (this != &layer)
+  {
+    inSize = layer.inSize;
+    outSize = layer.outSize;
+    weights = layer.weights;
+    regularizer = layer.regularizer;
+  }
+  return *this;
+}
+
+template<typename InputDataType, typename OutputDataType,
+    typename RegularizerType>
+Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>&
+Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::
+operator=(Linear&& layer)
+{ 
+  if (this != &layer)
+  {
+    inSize = layer.inSize;
+    outSize = layer.outSize;
+    weights = std::move(layer.weights);
+    regularizer = std::move(layer.regularizer);
+  }
+  return *this;
+}
+
 template<typename InputDataType, typename OutputDataType,
     typename RegularizerType>
 void Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::Reset()
@@ -92,11 +148,7 @@ void Linear<InputDataType, OutputDataType, RegularizerType>::serialize(
 {
   ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(inSize);
   ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(outSize);
-
-  // This is inefficient, but we have to allocate this memory so that
-  // WeightSetVisitor gets the right size.
-  if (Archive::is_loading::value)
-    weights.set_size(outSize * inSize + outSize, 1);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(weights);
 }
 
 } // namespace ann
diff --git a/src/mlpack/tests/feedforward_network_test.cpp b/src/mlpack/tests/feedforward_network_test.cpp
index f9a338e0b3..ba45afd29d 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/tests/feedforward_network_test.cpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/tests/feedforward_network_test.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,104 @@ void TestNetwork(ModelType& model,
   REQUIRE(classificationError <= classificationErrorThreshold);
 }
 
+// network1 should be allocated with `new`, and trained on some data.
+template<typename MatType = arma::mat, typename ModelType>
+void CheckCopyFunction(ModelType* network1,
+                       MatType& trainData,
+                       MatType& trainLabels,
+                       const size_t maxEpochs)
+{
+  ens::RMSProp opt(0.01, 32, 0.88, 1e-8, maxEpochs * trainData.n_cols, -1);
+  network1->Train(trainData, trainLabels, opt);
+
+  arma::mat predictions1;
+  network1->Predict(trainData, predictions1);
+  FFN<> network2;
+  network2 = *network1;
+  delete network1;
+
+  // Deallocating all of network1's memory, so that
+  // if network2 is trying to use any of that memory.
+  arma::mat predictions2;
+  network2.Predict(trainData, predictions2);
+  CheckMatrices(predictions1, predictions2);
+}
+
+// network1 should be allocated with `new`, and trained on some data.
+template<typename MatType = arma::mat, typename ModelType>
+void CheckMoveFunction(ModelType* network1,
+                       MatType& trainData,
+                       MatType& trainLabels,
+                       const size_t maxEpochs)
+{
+  ens::RMSProp opt(0.01, 32, 0.88, 1e-8, maxEpochs * trainData.n_cols, -1);
+  network1->Train(trainData, trainLabels, opt);
+
+  arma::mat predictions1;
+  network1->Predict(trainData, predictions1);
+  FFN<> network2(std::move(*network1));
+  delete network1;
+
+  // Deallocating all of network1's memory, so that
+  // if network2 is trying to use any of that memory.
+  arma::mat predictions2;
+  network2.Predict(trainData, predictions2);
+  CheckMatrices(predictions1, predictions2);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check whether copying and moving Vanila network is working or not.
+ */
+TEST_CASE("CheckCopyMovingVanillaNetworkTest", "[FeedForwardNetworkTest]")
+{
+  // Load the dataset.
+  arma::mat trainData;
+  data::Load("thyroid_train.csv", trainData, true);
+
+  arma::mat trainLabels = trainData.row(trainData.n_rows - 1);
+  trainData.shed_row(trainData.n_rows - 1);
+
+  /*
+   * Construct a feed forward network with trainData.n_rows input nodes,
+   * hiddenLayerSize hidden nodes and trainLabels.n_rows output nodes. The
+   * network structure looks like:
+   *
+   *  Input         Hidden        Output
+   *  Layer         Layer         Layer
+   * +-----+       +-----+       +-----+
+   * |     |       |     |       |     |
+   * |     +------>|     +------>|     |
+   * |     |     +>|     |     +>|     |
+   * +-----+     | +--+--+     | +-----+
+   *             |             |
+   *  Bias       |  Bias       |
+   *  Layer      |  Layer      |
+   * +-----+     | +-----+     |
+   * |     |     | |     |     |
+   * |     +-----+ |     +-----+
+   * |     |       |     |
+   * +-----+       +-----+
+   */
+
+  FFN<NegativeLogLikelihood<> > *model = new FFN<NegativeLogLikelihood<> >;
+  model->Add<Linear<> >(trainData.n_rows, 8);
+  model->Add<SigmoidLayer<> >();
+  model->Add<Linear<> >(8, 3);
+  model->Add<LogSoftMax<> >();
+
+  FFN<NegativeLogLikelihood<> > *model1 = new FFN<NegativeLogLikelihood<> >;
+  model1->Add<Linear<> >(trainData.n_rows, 8);
+  model1->Add<SigmoidLayer<> >();
+  model1->Add<Linear<> >(8, 3);
+  model1->Add<LogSoftMax<> >();
+
+  // Check whether copy cpnstructor is working or not.
+  CheckCopyFunction<>(model, trainData, trainLabels, 1);
+
+  // Check whether move cpnstructor is working or not.
+  CheckMoveFunction<>(model1, trainData, trainLabels, 1);
+}
+
 /**
  * Train the vanilla network on a larger dataset.
  */