(CNN) – It depends on a court ruling, but the problem of broken McFlurry machines at McDonald’s may finally be solved.

McDonald’s claims its restaurants have been unable to repair their soft serve ice cream machines because the company that manufactured the machines until now held the copyright and exclusive rights to repair them.

Starting Monday, October 28, a copyright exemption will come into effect, giving restaurants the right to repair the machines.

The exemption circumvents the digital locks that prevented the machines from being repaired.