PDF "Author" metadata in apostrophes

I use Dublin Core properties to specify the company name as author for our PDF files, for example:
<dc:creator>My Company, Inc.</dc:creator>
When I open the PDF in Acrobat Reader and view the document properties, however, the "Author" is displayed in apostrophes: "My Company, Inc."
It should be displayed without the apostrophes: My Company, Inc.
Is there any way to avoid having the apostrophes display in the document properties? The company name cannot be rewritten, it should be written exactly as above.

What quote character should I use?
If I use left and right double quotation marks:
<dc:creator>“My Company, Inc.”</dc:creator>
the Author field displays as:
"“My Company, Inc.”"
If I use quotation mark:
<dc:creator>"My Company, Inc."</dc:creator>
the Author field displays as:
"""My Company, Inc."""
The Author field should just display as:
My Company, Inc.
I view the PDF in Adobe Reader 9.

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