I am about to submit my mobile app for e review and I see a place that asks for copyright information, it asks for, "The name of the person or entity that owns the exclusive rights to your app, preceded by the year the rights were obtained (for example, "2008 Acme Inc.").". My company has not copyrighted the mobile app, is this necessary before the mobile app is submitted to the app stores?
Does the mobile app have to be copyrighted to submit to app store?
Optional - dev's choice.
Under US law all original writings are copyrighted when they are written. You do not need to do anything. You will need to register the copyright only if you wish to assert it against someone.
For example - the above note is copyrighted. Since I am not writing it as an employee or consultant, I own the copyright. Were I working for GE and they asked me to reply to you then GE would most likely own the copyright.