80-5-602. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Grower" means the person responsible for planting and managing a crop on land where infringement of an intellectual property right is suspected to have occurred.

(2) "Person" means an individual, firm, association, corporation, partnership, the state, a subdivision of the state, or any other form of business enterprise.

(3) "Protected plant" means any plant part or material, including but not limited to seeds and genetic traits, that is patented by the U.S. patent and trademark office or protected under the federal Plant Variety Protection Act, 7 U.S.C. 2321, et seq., or any other intellectual property protection recognized by federal law.